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92865

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Business
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will meet the Scottish CBI to discuss the implications for business in Scotland of the outcome of the recent referendum; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Iain McKenzie
uin	210074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland is in frequent contact with CBI Scotland and discusses many topics, covering the wide range of business issues. He wrote to them following the Scottish independence referendum and he will be hosting the annual CBI Scotland reception in Dover House later this month.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 16/10/2014 14:35:55 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4246 label Biography information for Iain McKenzie

92931

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Private Finance Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the total private finance initiative liabilities of his Department are for the next 20 years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	210094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The Scotland Office has no private finance initiative liabilities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 16/10/2014 14:15:50 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

93440

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the First Minister in Scotland on jobs.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Jim Sheridan
uin	905369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>The Scotland Office is part of the Scottish Employability Forum, where we work jointly with the Scottish Government and Cosla on employment issues and which will next meet in November.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 15/10/2014 14:17:25 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	1464 label Biography information for Jim Sheridan

93441

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with electoral registration officers in Scotland about changes they have made in 2014 to the electoral register; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Fiona Mactaggart
uin	905366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>Scotland Office officials attend regular meetings with the Scottish Assessors Association’s Electoral Registration Committee to discuss electoral registration issues in Scotland. In addition, Cabinet Office officials have been in regular contact and have met with electoral registration officers to discuss the implementation of individual electoral registration in Scotland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 15/10/2014 14:38:04 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	12 label Biography information for Fiona Mactaggart

93442

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Fisheries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with his (a) Ministerial colleagues and (b) counterparts in the Scottish Government on the future balance of fishing entitlements available to the UK and its effect on Scotland.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Andrew George
uin	905367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>I speak regularly with Ministerial colleagues in Defra on fisheries matters, and the UK Government keeps in close contact with the Scottish Government to ensure that the interests of the Scottish fishing industry are reflected in discussions on both UK and intra-UK fishing entitlements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 15/10/2014 14:33:27 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	227 label Biography information for Andrew George

93444

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on long-term plans for rail connectivity between Newcastle and Edinburgh.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	905371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>I am in regular contact with my Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Transport on a range of issues including on-going work on options for further capacity and journey time improvements between northern England and Scotland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 15/10/2014 14:28:22 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

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

91212

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Domestic Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2014, Official Report, column 53W, on official visits, what domestic visits he and his predecessor have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	208669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Details of all Ministerial overseas travel is published on a quarterly basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 12/09/2014 11:33:58 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

90878

registered interest
date	05/09/2014
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of named day written questions were answered by his Department within the prescribed period in the (a) 2012-13 session, (b) 2013-14 session and (c) 2014-15 session to date.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	208431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information requested is shown below:</p><p>(a) 2012-13 session: 80% of named day questions were answered on the nominated day;</p><p>(b) 2013-14 session: 75% of named day questions were answered on the nominated day;</p><p>(c) 2014-15 to date: 63% of named day questions have been answered on the nominated day.</p><p>Departmental performance information, for ordinary and named day Parliamentary Questions, is collated by the Office of the Leader of the House of Commons and submitted to the Procedure Committee. This is published on a sessional basis by the committee, and includes evidence regarding departmental performance. The monitoring report relating to the 2012-13 session was published on 13 February 2014 as HC1046. The report covering statistics relating to performance during the 2013-14 session will be published very shortly by the Procedure Committee.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 10/09/2014 14:51:26 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

90773

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the (a) highest and (b) lowest full-time equivalent salary paid by his Department was in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13, (iv) 2013-14 and (v) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	208291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Scotland Office does not employ staff directly. All staff join on a secondment type basis from other Government bodies, principally the Scottish Government and Ministry of Justice, which remain the employers. As such there are variations in pay costs within the administration grades. The information requested is shown below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>£</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(i) 2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(ii) 2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(iii) 2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(iv) 2013-14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(a) highest</strong></p></td><td><p>84,102.96</p></td><td><p>84,102.96</p></td><td><p>£119,657.04</p></td><td><p>£119,657.04</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(b) lowest</strong></p></td><td><p>17,496.96</p></td><td><p>17,882.04</p></td><td><p>£18,301.16</p></td><td><p>£18,000.61</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><br>(v) 2014-15</strong></p><p>Not all bodies have set their pay levels for 2014-15 so full-time equivalent salary information cannot be provided.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 10/09/2014 14:46:12 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas