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1104783

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date	25/03/2019
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many consultants his Department has hired in each year since 2016; and what the cost has been to the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	236406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the number of consultants hired in any one year as this work is often commissioned as part of an outcomes based contract to ensure value for money. The amount spent on consultants each year since 2016 is:</p><p><strong>2016-17</strong> - £ Nil</p><p><strong>2017-18</strong> - £ Nil</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 28/03/2019 15:39:27 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1104966

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Children: Poverty
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 Scottish Government on reducing child poverty levels in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
uin	236563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with the Scottish Government on a range of issues, including those which span both devolved and reserved matters; the Scottish Government has powers to tackle poverty through the devolution of skills, education, health and employment programmes.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 02/04/2019 16:39:49 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney