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714198

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2017
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: Official Hospitality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	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.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	69345
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 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> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 03/04/2017 08:42:36 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

748286

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	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.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	2838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>No protective disclosures were made by staff in the Scotland Office in the last three years.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 11/07/2017 11:26:10 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

829993

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	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.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	124718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 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> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 02/02/2018 10:36:22 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

896474

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2018
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	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.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	140820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The Scotland Office has not signed any non-disclosure agreements with any employees in any of the last five years.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 14/05/2018 10:41:36 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

904872

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2018
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: Paternity Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	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.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	144336
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 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> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 22/05/2018 09:16:30 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

969279

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: Mobile Phones
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	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.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	171524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 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> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 12/09/2018 11:24:38 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

968389

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2018
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: Peers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many members of the House of Lords hold (a) paid and (b) unpaid roles within (i) his Department and (ii) his Department's agencies.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	170935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland has one member of the House of Lords in a paid role. Two members of the House of Lords carry out occasional limited activities in support of the department on an unpaid basis.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 13/09/2018 12:28:19 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

971786

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2018
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: Sick Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the number of days of sick leave taken by staff in his Department for mental health reasons in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	173659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland does not employ staff directly. All staff that join do so on an assignment, loan or secondment from other government departments, who remain the employers. These Departments have their own absence management policies and recording processes that apply to those of their staff working in the office. Detailed reasons for absence attributable to mental illness and other sickness absence is not retained by the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>The office takes the mental health and general wellbeing of staff very seriously and works alongside the employing departments to ensure that anyone who is experiencing issues receives support and assistance.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 13/09/2018 12:33:01 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1126047

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: Former Ministers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has paid to hon. Members under section 4 of the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 since 13 July 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	253616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>Any such payments are published in the Department’s audited annual accounts, and these accounts can be found on gov.uk.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 21/05/2019 09:36:30 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1130706

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: Living Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of organisations that hold contracts with his Department pay the National Living Wage.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	261515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>All organisations holding contracts with the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland provide assurances on their full compliance with the requirements of the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 13/06/2019 09:54:24 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders