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1016125

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment the Government has made of the effect on low-income families of the roll-out of universal credit throughout Scotland.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	907841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>Evidence shows that Universal Credit is working. It empowers people to move into work, work more hours and earn more, and I am pleased that the budget announced a £4.5bn cash boost for it, including measures that will allow millions of low-income families, many of them in Scotland, to keep more of what they earn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 28/11/2018 16:42:11 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1016126

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Brexit: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment the Government has made of the potential effect of the proposed EU withdrawal agreement on the Scottish economy.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
uin	907842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has now published <em>EU Exit: Long-term economic analysis</em>. This analysis shows the deal is the best deal available for jobs and our economy that allows us to honour the referendum and realise the opportunities of Brexit.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 28/11/2018 15:32:46 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

1016127

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Income Tax: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment the Government has made of the effect on the Scottish economy of the devolution of powers to set the rates and bands of income tax payable by Scottish taxpayers.
tabling member constituency	Henley
tabling member printed	John Howell
uin	907845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government has delivered on its promise to devolve increased control over Income Tax to Scotland.</p><p>As a result, changes to the higher rate threshold announced since April 2017 do not apply to the main income of Scottish higher or additional rate taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 28/11/2018 15:33:19 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	1606 label Biography information for John Howell

1016128

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Spirits: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the effect on the Scottish economy of maintaining the current level of excise duty on spirits.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	907847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with the Chancellor who recently announced that Spirits Duty will be frozen for the second year in a row.</p><p>This represents a huge boost for the Scotch Whisky industry which directly contributes over £3.2 billion to the Scottish economy.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 28/11/2018 15:33:55 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1016374

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Equal Pay: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much money from the public purse was spent (a) producing and (b) promoting the Facebook advertisement entitled Closing the Gender Pay Gap.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	196832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>This video was produced as one of a video series. The approximate cost of production for this individual video was not more than £1,000.</p><p> </p><p>The amount spent on promoting it to date on Facebook has been £311.46.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 06/12/2018 17:41:43 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1016375

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Equal Pay: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what audience targeting filters were used for the Facebook advertisement entitled Closing the Gender Pay Gap.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	196833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>This post was promoted to women in Scotland aged 18-65+.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 06/12/2018 17:42:57 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1016376

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Equal Pay: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, for what reason the Facebook advertisement entitled Closing the Gender Pay Gap does not appear in Facebook Ad Library as a political advertisement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	196834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>All the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland’s Facebook posts are made publicly available to general audiences in Scotland.</p><p>The Office will comply fully with Facebook’s new Political Content Authorisation requirements.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 06/12/2018 17:43:54 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1016377

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Equal Pay: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on what other platforms the Facebook advertisement entitled Closing the Gender Pay Gap was run.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	196835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>This promotion also included Instagram placements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 06/12/2018 17:44:35 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1016379

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much money was spent from the public purse (a) producing and (b) promoting the Facebook advertisement entitled Scotland's public spending.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	196837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>This animation was produced in-house and did not incur any production costs.</p><p> </p><p>The amount spent on promoting it to date on Facebook has been £129.78.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 06/12/2018 17:45:16 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1016380

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what audience targeting filters were used for the Facebook advertisement entitled Scotland's public spending.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	196838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>This post was promoted to audiences aged 18-65+ in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 06/12/2018 17:46:02 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock