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693381

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/02/2017
	date	22/02/2017
	date tabled	22/02/2017
	ddp created	22/02/2017 23:25:18
	answering body	Scotland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	ddp modified	23/02/2017 21:01:32 02/03/2017 12:14:04
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: Information Officers
	house id	1
	identifier	65110
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	02/03/2017 11:42:06
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff of his Department are employed in media relations and communications roles; and how much was spent on the salaries of such staff members in each of the last 10 years.
	session	2016/17
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2016/17 65110
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	65110
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Details of staff employed and salaries in Communications and Media Relations roles in the Scotland Office since 2010/11 are shown below. Information prior to this period is no longer held in the form requested.</p><p> </p><p>The communications team in the Scotland Office has been resourced during this period to enable effective engagement and communication with the public on the constitutional arrangements for Scotland. This includes the Scotland Act 2012, the UK Government’s position on the Scottish independence referendum and the Scotland Act 2016.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of staff</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Salary Bill</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£108,439</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>£169,373</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>£180,954</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£241,636</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£348,895</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>£426,223</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 02/03/2017 11:42:06
	creator	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

706267

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/03/2017
	date	28/02/2017
	date tabled	28/02/2017
	ddp created	28/02/2017 22:41:24
	answering body	Scotland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	ddp modified	28/02/2017 22:47:27 07/03/2017 16:47:05
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: ICT
	house id	1
	identifier	65991
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	07/03/2017 16:13:23
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on (a) iPads and tablets and (b) paper in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	session	2016/17
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2016/17 65991
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	65991
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Scotland Office spend on iPads and tablets over the last five financial years is shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,736.67</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Spend on paper is not separately recorded from other stationery costs and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> question first answered 07/03/2017 16:13:23
	creator	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

709048

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/03/2017
	date	07/03/2017
	date tabled	07/03/2017
	ddp created	07/03/2017 21:57:31
	answering body	Scotland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	ddp modified	07/03/2017 22:13:03 15/03/2017 13:33:08
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: Unpaid Work
	house id	1
	identifier	66902
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	15/03/2017 12:57:30
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people undertook an unpaid work placement in his Department in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and how many such placements lasted for longer than one month.
	session	2016/17
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2016/17 66902
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	66902
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Scotland Office has had one unpaid work placement in each of the last 5 years, as part of the Whitehall Internship Programme. None of these placements lasted more than one month.</p> question first answered 15/03/2017 12:57:30
	creator	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

713830

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/03/2017
	date	24/03/2017
	date tabled	24/03/2017
	ddp created	24/03/2017 17:06:53
	answering body	Scotland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	ddp modified	24/03/2017 17:15:27 30/03/2017 11:27:02
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: Internet
	house id	1
	identifier	69125
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	30/03/2017 10:55:29
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the five most visited websites were by staff of his Department in the last year for which figures are available.
	session	2016/17
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2016/17 69125
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	69125
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Information on the five most visited websites by staff is not held.</p> question first answered 30/03/2017 10:55:29
	creator	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

714198

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/03/2017
	date	27/03/2017
	date tabled	27/03/2017
	ddp created	27/03/2017 21:28:11
	answering body	Scotland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	ddp modified	27/03/2017 21:46:27 03/04/2017 09:14:02
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: Official Hospitality
	house id	1
	identifier	69345
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	03/04/2017 08:42:36
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on (a) hotels, (b) hospitality, (c) food and drink and (d) transport in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	session	2016/17
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2016/17 69345
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	69345
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Scotland Office do not separately record the costs of food and drink and some of this expenditure is likely to be included within the hospitality costs.</p><p>The costs in each of the last five years of hotels, transport and hospitality are shown below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hotels</strong></p></td><td><p>£35,640</p></td><td><p>£62,117</p></td><td><p>£67,550</p></td><td><p>£108,619</p></td><td><p>£107,531</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hospitality</strong></p></td><td><p>£25,466</p></td><td><p>£37,865</p></td><td><p>£24,973</p></td><td><p>£9,905</p></td><td><p>£8,987</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Transport</strong></p></td><td><p>£223,129</p></td><td><p>£314,755</p></td><td><p>£282,086</p></td><td><p>£306,765</p></td><td><p>£338,992</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> question first answered 03/04/2017 08:42:36
	creator	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

748286

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/07/2017
	date	04/07/2017
	date tabled	04/07/2017
	ddp created	04/07/2017 22:04:49
	answering body	Scotland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	ddp modified	05/07/2017 21:59:12 11/07/2017 11:58:03
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	identifier	2838
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/07/2017 11:26:10
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many protected disclosures were made by staff in his Department in each of the last three years for which figures are available; how many such disclosures were found to be valid; how many staff alleged detriment as a result of making such a disclosure; and how many staff who (a) made such a disclosure and (b) alleged detriment as a result of a disclosure subsequently left the employment of his Department.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 2838
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2838
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>No protective disclosures were made by staff in the Scotland Office in the last three years.</p> question first answered 11/07/2017 11:26:10
	creator	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

829993

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/01/2018
	date	24/01/2018
	date tabled	24/01/2018
	ddp created	24/01/2018 21:52:10
	answering body	Scotland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	ddp modified	24/01/2018 22:03:17 02/02/2018 11:08:02
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	identifier	124718
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	02/02/2018 10:36:22
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on (a) art, (b) wine and (c) hospitality in each of the last seven financial years for which figures are available.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 124718
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	124718
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Scotland Office has not purchased any original art in any of the last seven financial years; all artwork in our buildings is on loan from the government art collection or the National Galleries of Scotland. The Scotland Office does not separately record wine costs. Any such costs will be met from within the Office's events or hospitality budget. All expenditure incurred is in accordance with the principles of Managing Public Money and the Treasury handbook on Regularity and Propriety.</p><p>The hospitality spend is shown below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£27,793</p></td><td><p>£25,466</p></td><td><p>£37,865</p></td><td><p>£24,973</p></td><td><p>£9,905</p></td><td><p>£8,987</p></td><td><p>£453</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>From 2016, events spend has been recorded separately to hospitality spend. This is reflected in the figures above and I refer the hon Member to my answer to the hon Member for Edinburgh North and Leith on 14 December 2017 (UIN 118330).</p> question first answered 02/02/2018 10:36:22
	creator	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

896474

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/05/2018
	date	02/05/2018
	date tabled	02/05/2018
	ddp created	02/05/2018 19:54:20
	answering body	Scotland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	ddp modified	02/05/2018 20:05:49 14/05/2018 11:13:02
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	identifier	140820
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/05/2018 10:41:36
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many non-disclosure agreements his Department has signed with employees in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 140820
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	140820
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Scotland Office has not signed any non-disclosure agreements with any employees in any of the last five years.</p> question first answered 14/05/2018 10:41:36
	creator	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

904872

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/05/2018
	date	15/05/2018
	date tabled	15/05/2018
	ddp created	15/05/2018 18:53:12
	answering body	Scotland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	ddp modified	15/05/2018 19:03:25 22/05/2018 09:48:02
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: Paternity Leave
	house id	1
	identifier	144336
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	22/05/2018 09:16:30
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many male staff of his Department have taken shared parental leave; and what the average length of that leave was.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 144336
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	144336
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Scotland Office does not employ staff directly. Staff that join do so on an assignment, loan or secondment from other government bodies, principally the Ministry of Justice and the Scottish Government, who remain the employers. Details of shared parental leave taken by male staff is not held by the Scotland Office; this information is held by the parent employers.</p><p> </p> question first answered 22/05/2018 09:16:30
	creator	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

969279

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/09/2018
	date	06/09/2018
	date tabled	06/09/2018
	ddp created	06/09/2018 17:25:43
	answering body	Scotland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	ddp modified	06/09/2018 17:45:43 12/09/2018 11:56:02
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: Mobile Phones
	house id	1
	identifier	171524
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	12/09/2018 11:24:38
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will publish a list of the mobile phone applications developed by his Department and its agencies in the last three years; and what the cost to the public purse was of developing of each of those applications.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 171524
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	171524
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland has not developed any mobile phone applications. Therefore there is no list to publish and no cost to the public purse.</p> question first answered 12/09/2018 11:24:38
	creator	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders