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1548608

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Accountancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all (i) contracts, (ii) consultancies and (iii) other services placed with the accountancy firms (A) Deloitte & Touche, (B) Ernst & Young, (C) KPMG and (D) PricewaterhouseCoopers in each year since 2010-11 by (1) their Department, (2) any predecessor Departments and (3) departmental agencies.
tabling member constituency	Leyton and Wanstead
tabling member printed	John Cryer
uin	102784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>None. The Scotland Office has not placed any contracts with A) Deloitte &amp; Touche, (B) Ernst &amp; Young, (C) KPMG and (D) PricewaterhouseCoopers in the period 2010-11 to date.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 12/12/2022 14:52:59 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	181 label Biography information for John Cryer

1546989

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he plans to introduce a voluntary exit programme for civil servants serving in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	100026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>The Scotland Office does not employ any staff directly. All 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. There are currently no live voluntary exit schemes available to Scotland Office staff.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 06/12/2022 09:27:01 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1546103

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Incentives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what was the total value of non-cash vouchers awarded to staff working for his Department as performance-related bonuses in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2019-20, (d) 2020-21 and (e) 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	97598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>Bonuses paid out as non-cash vouchers is a standard practice across Government. The total value of non-cash vouchers awarded to staff working in the Scotland Office as performance related bonuses in the financial years 2017-18 to 2021-22 is provided below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>2,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p>2,705</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020-21</strong></p></td><td><p>1,625</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p>2,625</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 06/12/2022 09:31:36 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1545368

registered interest
date	24/11/2022
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Information Officers
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 communications staff in (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	95869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>Departmental spend on communications staff for 2020-21 was £906,177, for 2021-22 was £944,645, and for April-October 2022-23 was £612,028.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 30/11/2022 14:28:57 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1545369

registered interest
date	24/11/2022
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Information Services
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 public information campaigns promoting Government policies in (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	95870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>Departmental spend on public information campaigns for 2020-21 was £75,681, for 2021-22 was £39,818, and for April-October 2022-23 was £16,003.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 30/11/2022 14:30:02 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1545370

registered interest
date	24/11/2022
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Special Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many Special Advisers are employed by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	95871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The Scotland Office has four Special Advisers.</p><p> </p><p>This information is publicly available and published in the Scotland Office Annual Report and Accounts: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1089898/SO_report_2021-22_web_copy_final.pdf" target="_blank">Scotland Office Annual Report and Accounts 2021/22</a>.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 01/12/2022 10:34:23 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1545371

registered interest
date	24/11/2022
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Special Advisers
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 special advisers in (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	95872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>Information on Special Adviser numbers and costs, including pay bands, is published annually in the Annual Report on Special Advisers as per the requirements of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010. Special Adviser staff costs are paid by the Cabinet Office and the Office reimburses the Cabinet Office for these costs via a budget cover transfer.</p><p> </p><p>Other than salary costs, the Scotland Office has spent the following on special advisers in financial years 2020-21 to 2022-23 (to date).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Travel &amp; Subsistence (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020-21</strong></p></td><td><p>28,336</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p>39,766</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022-23 (April to November 2022)</strong></p></td><td><p>33,347</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> <br> <br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 01/12/2022 15:40:20 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1545372

registered interest
date	24/11/2022
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, what the expenditure of the Union Unit was in (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22, and (c) 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	95873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland is not responsible for the funding of a Union Unit.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 30/11/2022 14:30:54 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1544377

registered interest
date	22/11/2022
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Fireworks: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department has held discussions with representatives of the Scottish Government on the impact of recent Scottish legislation on firework sales.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	93689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>The Scottish Parliament passed its Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022 in June 2022 and it received Royal Assent in August 2022. Fireworks policy covers both devolved and reserved areas of competence. My department and the Home Office regularly engage with the Scottish Government on matters relating to public safety.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 28/11/2022 11:45:38 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1543021

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the cost to the public purse has been of Ministerial severance pay in his Department in each year since 1 January 2016.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	88995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>Under the Ministerial and Other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991, eligible Ministers who leave office are entitled to a one-off payment equivalent to one quarter of their annual salary at the point at which they leave Government. This applies only where a Minister is under 65 and is not appointed to a ministerial office within three weeks of leaving government.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals may waive the payment to which they are entitled. That is a matter for their personal discretion, but this approach has been taken in the past. Details of such payments are published in departmental annual reports and accounts, and ministerial salaries are published on GOV.UK at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-salary-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-salary-data</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 21/11/2022 09:29:00 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine