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1006663

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what allowance is paid to Scotland Office officials based in Scotland when they are required to stay overnight in London in connection with their work.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL11443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The Scotland Office travel and subsistence guidance allows officials who incur out of pocket or additional expenses while on official business to claim up to £24.10 and up to £5 for personal incidental expenses of receipted expenditure for an overnight stay in London while on official business.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 21/11/2018 11:27:33 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

901035

registered interest
date	09/05/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Internet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many cloud services contracts that were previously delivered by British cloud services providers for the Scotland Office are now delivered by multinational cloud service providers; what is the value of those contracts; and what are the names of the previous providers.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL7679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>Other than for minor or bespoke purchases, the Scotland Office does not normally undertake direct procurement or tendering of contracts. It utilises existing service contracts between suppliers and other Government departments.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 15/05/2018 12:00:22 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

895027

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Databases
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the Scotland Office's data is hosted (1) in the UK, and (2) overseas.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL7392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>The Scotland Office uses an information technology system (SCOTS) provided by the Scottish Government and therefore does not centrally collect the specific data requested.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 15/05/2018 11:59:54 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

712564

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Sovereignty: Scotland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have held with the Scottish Government concerning the inclusion of a third option, offering further devolution of powers to Scotland, in any future Scottish independence referendum; what assessment they have made of the benefits of including such an option; and whether they have ruled out its inclusion.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government is focused on our negotiations with the European Union and getting the right deal for Scotland and the whole of the United Kingdom. We have already committed that no decisions currently taken by the devolved administrations will be removed from them and we will use the opportunity of bringing decision making back to the UK to ensure that more decisions are devolved.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Dunlop question first answered 03/04/2017 10:43:40 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

712006

registered interest
date	16/03/2017
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Assets
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what land or buildings owned by, leased by, or under the control of, the Scotland Office they are seeking to dispose of, and for what purposes.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL6144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has made a commitment to release surplus government owned property with capacity of at least 160,000 homes and raising at least £5 billion from land and property disposals by 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The details of the government land and property released over the previous financial year will be published as part of the Transparency Review in summer 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Dunlop question first answered 24/03/2017 12:50:15 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

476438

registered interest
date	15/03/2016
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Sunday Trading: Scotland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have received any clarification from the Scottish Government as to how the relaxation of Sunday trading laws in England and Wales would negatively affect Scotland, and if not, when they expect to receive that clarification.
tabling member printed	Baroness Mobarik
uin	HL7018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>In view of the will of the House of Commons, we are no longer proposing to give local authorities the ability to extend the Sunday trading hours of large shops.</p> answering member printed Lord Dunlop question first answered 24/03/2016 11:27:19 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
tabling member	4335 label Biography information for Baroness Mobarik

448787

registered interest
date	28/01/2016
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	East Coast Main Line: Scotland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what recent discussions they have had with the Scottish Government about the future electrification of the East Coast Main Line between Edinburgh and Aberdeen.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
uin	HL5567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>UK and Scottish Government officials have regular discussions regarding transport policy, and the rail industry is undertaking studies to identify the best value cases for further route electrification in Scotland, England and Wales. The introduction of bi-mode intercity express trains on East Coast Scottish services from 2018 is expected to help the business case for electrification between Edinburgh and Aberdeen.</p> answering member printed Lord Dunlop question first answered 10/02/2016 12:53:47 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

432558

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scottish Parliament: Legislative Consent Motions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many times the Scottish Parliament has passed a legislative consent motion for legislation regarding matters that were not at that time devolved under Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998, and in each case what reason was given for the motion.
tabling member printed	The Duke of Montrose
uin	HL3967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>This Government and its predecessors have always sought consent from the Scottish Parliament with regard to legislating on devolved matters under the Sewel Convention. The Convention does not require consent to be sought for matters which are reserved under Schedule 5 of the Scotland Act 1998, though the legislative consent process can be used to enable the Scottish Parliament to indicate its consent for certain matters to be transferred in or out of Schedule 5. For example, section 10 of the Scotland Act 2012 made provision for certain elements in relation to air weapons to be within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament and a Legislative Consent Motion was passed to cover this provision.</p> answering member printed Lord Dunlop question first answered 07/12/2015 14:30:27 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
tabling member	1922 label Biography information for The Duke of Montrose

421811

registered interest
date	15/10/2015
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Devolution
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to rename the so-called Sewel Convention in the light of recent events; and if so, what name they plan to give it.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL2682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to rename the Sewel Convention.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Dunlop question first answered 28/10/2015 15:18:35 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

392061

registered interest
date	22/07/2015
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Bill
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Dunlop on 22 July (HL1552), whether they plan to delay the sending of the Scotland Bill to the House of Lords until those negotiations are concluded.
tabling member printed	Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
uin	HL1816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2015 answer text <p>Business of the House will be announced in the usual way. As has previously been stated, the Government intends to progress the negotiations on the fiscal framework in parallel with the Scotland Bill.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl of Courtown question first answered 04/08/2015 15:20:18 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
tabling member	1141 label Biography information for Lord Forsyth of Drumlean