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384759

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many non-executive directors of his Department who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department's board; what the names and length of tenure of such directors were; and how many and what non-executive director appointments he has made since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	3564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>I was appointed as Secretary of State for Scotland on the 15 May 2015. None of the Non-Executive Directors who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department’s Board. The previous Secretary of State for Scotland approved the following Non-Executive appointments to the Scotland Office and Office of the Advocate General’s Joint Management Board on the 20 March 2015:</p><p>Graeme Bissett</p><p>Joyce Cullen</p><p>Shonaig Macpherson</p><p>Details regarding the Joint Management Board can be found in the Offices’ annual report and accounts, which are published on GOV.UK. The Offices’ annual report for 2014-2015 will be laid in the UK Parliament shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 02/07/2015 14:26:50 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

175807

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Employment Agencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many recruitment and employment agencies his Department has used to source staff in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	222094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The Scotland Office has used two recruitment agencies each year since 2010-2011.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 02/02/2015 15:11:35 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

169896

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Travel
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 spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	218482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Scotland Office spend on air, rail and taxi travel in the last five years is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009-10 (£)</strong></p></td><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></tr><tr><td><p>Air</p></td><td><p>118,956</p></td><td><p>73,376</p></td><td><p>141,601</p></td><td><p>171,4832</p></td><td><p>131,538</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rail</p></td><td><p>39,125</p></td><td><p>32,314</p></td><td><p>30,492</p></td><td><p>47,694</p></td><td><p>57,487</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taxi</p></td><td><p>17,407</p></td><td><p>14,946</p></td><td><p>19,967</p></td><td><p>20,967</p></td><td><p>23,845</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Scotland Office does not separately record information and expenditure on first or business class travel. It is Scotland Office policy not to use first or business class travel for officials. All ministerial travel is undertaken by the most efficient and cost effective way, in accordance with the Ministerial Code, a copy of which is available in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 18/12/2014 12:14:20 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

170015

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Fraud
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 cost of (a) fraud and (b) financial error in his Department in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	218511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>A wide range of security measures are in place to deter and detect fraud and financial error. These are kept under review and additional measures are put in place as appropriate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 05/01/2015 13:16:54 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

169017

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Staff
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 spent on (a) consultants, (b) temporary staff and (c) contingent labour in each of the last five years; how many people have been so employed; what the length of contract of each such person was; and what equivalent civil service salary band each was on.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	217783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The Scotland Office has not spent any money on consultants or contingent labour in the last five years. As the number of temporary agency staff employed in each of the years is less than 5 in each year, detailed information is not provided for privacy reasons. In the last five years the Scotland Office has spent the following on agency staff:</p><p><strong>2009-10</strong> £78,093.65</p><p><strong>2010-11</strong> £47,332.42</p><p><strong>2011-12</strong> £21,445.63</p><p><strong>2012-13</strong> £56,081.61</p><p><strong>2013-14</strong> £77,253.38</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 15/12/2014 15:13:39 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

91538

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test to be applied to all domestic policy, which policies of his Department have been so assessed to date.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	208860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>On 18 August 2014, my Rt hon Friend the Prime Minister announced that the family test was being formalised as part of the impact assessment for all domestic policies. From October 2014, every new domestic policy will be examined for its impact on the family.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 15/10/2014 15:21:50 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

45356

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of employees in his Department of what (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from home, (iv) a compressed working week, (v) job share, (vi) term-time only and (vii) part-time.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	193972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>A breakdown of the relevant data requested can be found below. No staff work term-time or are on a homeworking contract. All staff have the opportunity to work flexible working hours.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reduced or Part Time hours</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Compressed Hours</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Job Share</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 6/7</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEO</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3.3%</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HEO</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Admin.</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell