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1683162

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date	17/01/2024
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many equalities impact assessments his Department completed in each of the last five years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	10321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>Under the Public Sector Equality Duty (the Duty) all public authorities, including Government departments, are required by law to ensure that they have due regard to certain equality considerations when carrying out their functions. While ‘equality impact assessments’ may be produced, there is no legal requirement for duty assessments to be recorded in a specific format. We do not centrally monitor assessments in this area but are confident that we are meeting the Duty in our decision-making processes.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 23/01/2024 10:34:37 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1684672

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on bringing Afghan female medical students to Scotland.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	901058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>My Department is working with the Home Office, the FCDO, the Scottish Government and Scottish Universities to support the efforts of the Norgrove Foundation.</p><p> </p><p>This is a complex issue and discussions remain ongoing to determine what pathway might be available to the students.</p> answering member constituency Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk answering member printed John Lamont question first answered 24/01/2024 14:15:32 answering member 4608 label Biography information for John Lamont
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1680884

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many employees were in his Department in each year since 1997; what the budget was for his Department in the same period; and how much his Department spent on communications in the same period.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	8752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The Scotland Office and Office for the Advocate General publish an annual report and accounts which contains the information requested. The latest version can be found at <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1170084/SO_Report_2022-23_-_web_version.pdf" target="_blank">Scotland Office Annual Report 2022-23</a>. Prior year annual reports of The Scotland Office and Office for the Advocate General are available online or can be obtained from the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 15/01/2024 11:35:41 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1677520

registered interest
date	12/12/2023
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Recruitment
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 external recruitment consultants in the (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2022-23 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	6610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>The Scotland Office has not spent any money on recruitment consultants in the last three years.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 18/12/2023 17:59:04 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth