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1045897

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	City Region Deals: Tayside
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions his Department has had with stakeholders on the Tay Cities Deal.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
uin	211333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>Since the Tay Cities Heads of Terms were signed on 22 November my officials have met with local partners on a number of occasions to progress the Tay Cites Deal. My officials will continue to engage at a pace set by the local partners.</p><p> </p><p>A further meeting is planned for 5 February with Angus Council to hold further detailed discussions on the conditions of the ring-fenced fund for Angus.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 29/01/2019 17:19:12 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair

1043700

registered interest
date	18/01/2019
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Exports: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the total value of exports of goods and services from Scotland under WTO rules was in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	210041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>Official figures show that total international and rest of the UK exports in 2016 (excluding oil and gas) were estimated at £75.6 billion. Exports to the rest of the UK accounted for 61 per cent of this total (or £45.8bn) and international exports accounted for 39 per cent (or £29.8bn).</p><p> </p><p>Both the European Union (EU) and the individual EU countries are members of the WTO. The EU has a bilateral trade and investment relationship with a great number of countries, including Scotland’s top international export destination valued at £4.8bn, the USA.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 24/01/2019 13:18:50 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1043052

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Food Banks: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he plans to visit a food bank in February 2019.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	209857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>I currently have no plans to visit a food bank in my capacity as Secretary of State for Scotland in February 2019.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 21/01/2019 10:31:14 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1043064

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the highest hourly rate paid for legal advice was by (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's arms length bodies in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	209817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The Office of the Advocate General provides any necessary legal advice to the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland and its arms-length bodies.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 24/01/2019 09:46:08 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1043144

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what information his Department holds on the rate of remuneration for (a) cleaners, (b) security guards and (c) catering staff in his Department in (i) Greater London and (ii) outside Greater London.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	209897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland has an office in both Edinburgh and London.</p><p>It has contracts in place for both Security and Cleaning Services at its Edinburgh office. Specific rates of pay are a matter for each individual contractor, as the employer, but assurances are provided to ensure full compliance with the requirements of the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage. Both suppliers pay the National Living Wage or above.</p><p>The London office is leased from the Government Property Agency, who are responsible for the management of the building and delivery of support services. Information on the rates of pay paid to Security and Cleaning staff is not held by the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland.</p><p>The Office has no catering staff in either location.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 24/01/2019 11:16:30 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

1042206

registered interest
date	16/01/2019
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Broadband: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the roll-out of broadband in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Henley
tabling member printed	John Howell
uin	908514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on a wide range of matters including on digital connectivity in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 16/01/2019 17:33:36 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	1606 label Biography information for John Howell

1042207

registered interest
date	16/01/2019
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the effect on low-income families of the roll-out of universal credit in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
uin	908518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Evidence shows that Universal Credit is working. It empowers people to move into work and I am pleased that the budget announced a £4.5 billion cash boost for it, including measures that will allow millions of families to keep more of what they earn.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 16/01/2019 17:34:31 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

1039607

registered interest
date	11/01/2019
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much money his Department has allocated for preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal to date; how much of that funding has been made by way of ministerial direction; and for what functions that funding has been allocated.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	207564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>As part of preparations for a successful EU exit, the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland has been allocated additional EU exit funding.</p><p> </p><p>Information for the financial year 2019-20, covering both my Department and the Office of the Advocate General, was set out by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury in her written statement of 18 December 2018 (HCWS1205):</p><p>https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/</p><p> </p><p>Information for the financial year 2018-19, covering both my Department and the Office of the Advocate General, was set out by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury in her written statement of 13 March 2018 (HCWS540):</p><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a></p><p> </p><p>Information for the financial year 2017-18, covering both my Department and the Office of the Advocate General, was set out in the Treasury’s Supplementary Estimates 2017-18 which can be found here (p497):</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department holds no estimate of what it has spent on no deal preparations, which cannot readily be separated from other EU exit and devolution functions in general. This funding has not been the result of a ministerial direction.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 17/01/2019 15:38:46 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1038399

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Exports: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the value is of exports of goods and services from Scotland which are currently governed by WTO rules.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	206863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>Official figures show that total international and rest of the UK exports in 2016 (excluding oil and gas) were estimated at £75.6 billion. Exports to the rest of the UK accounted for 61 per cent of this total (or £45.8bn) and international exports accounted for 39 per cent (or £29.8bn).</p><p> </p><p>Both the European Union (EU) and the individual EU countries are members of the WTO. The EU has bilateral trade and investment relationships with a great number of countries, including Scotland’s top international export destination valued at £4.8bn, the USA.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 17/01/2019 12:36:11 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

1038401

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment his Department has made of (a) how widespread social exclusion is in rural areas and (b) the effect of his Department’s policies on social exclusion in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	206864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The main levers by which to address social exclusion in Scotland lie within the devolved competence of the Scottish parliament. However, my office regularly discuss these matters with other government departments, devolved bodies and stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the cross-government team on tackling loneliness are working with colleagues in the Devolved Administrations to ensure our work is complementary and to share insights and learn from one another.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 17/01/2019 12:34:58 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont