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1694140

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2024
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: Fraud and Maladministration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the amount of money lost to fraud and error by his Department in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
	uin	17319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is proud of its record in proactively seeking to find and prevent more fraud in the system. We have established the dedicated Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA). In its first year, it delivered £311 million in audited counter fraud benefits.</p><p> </p><p>The PSFA produces a Fraud Landscape Report (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cross-government-fraud-landscape-annual-report-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cross-government-fraud-landscape-annual-report-2022</a>). This provides data on fraud and error detection, loss and recoveries in central government, outside of the tax and welfare system. The 2020/21 Report was published in March 2023.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no reported or detected fraud and error in the Department during the last three financial years.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 12/03/2024 10:37:51 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1693765

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2024
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: WhatsApp
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what guidance his Department issues on the use of WhatsApp.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
	uin	17061
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>All Departments in central government, including arms-length bodies apply the published guidance: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/non-corporate-communication-channels-for-government-business" target="_blank">Using non-corporate communication channels (e.g. WhatsApp, private email, SMS) for government business</a> published by Cabinet Office in March 2023. It applies to all individuals in central government (ministers, special advisers, officials, contractors, non-executive board members and independent experts advising ministers). The Scotland Office uses the central guidance and has applied it since March 2023.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 11/03/2024 10:20:16 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1693247

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: Publishing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what reports and guidance their Department has produced in the last three years; and how much was spent on their (a) printing and (b) distribution.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
	uin	16627
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland (OSSS) produced the following reports during the last three years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reports Produced</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend on Printing &amp; Distribution (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2023-24 to date</strong></p></td><td><p>OSSS Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23</p></td><td><p>859</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2023-24 to date</strong></p></td><td><p>7th Annual Report on the Implementation of the Scotland Act 2016</p></td><td><p>916</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022-23</strong></p></td><td><p>OSSS Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22</p></td><td><p>901</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022-23</strong></p></td><td><p>6th Annual Report on the Implementation of the Scotland Act 2016</p></td><td><p>1,140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p>OSSS Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21</p></td><td><p>1,158</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p>5th Annual Report on the Implementation of the Scotland Act 2016</p></td><td><p>1,672</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,646 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*The Department outsources its printing and the invoices received do not split the costs between printing and distribution.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 07/03/2024 11:09:02 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1692755

	registered interest
	date	29/02/2024
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: Advertising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much funding his Department has (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on advertising in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
	uin	16307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>The Scotland Office can confirm the following costs in respect of advertising costs over the last three financial years;</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Budget (£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Actual (£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Difference (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2023-24</strong></p></td><td><p>43,000</p></td><td><p>17,725</p></td><td><p>25,275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022-23</strong></p></td><td><p>50,000</p></td><td><p>49,893</p></td><td><p>107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p>41,000</p></td><td><p>39,818</p></td><td><p>1,182</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>134,000 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>107,436 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26,564 </strong></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 05/03/2024 12:52:04 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1692400

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2024
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: Magazine Press
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much funding his Department (a) allocated for (b) spent on magazine subscriptions in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
	uin	16089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The Scotland Office can confirm that it has incurred the following costs in relation to the subscriptions below over the last three financial years;</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Subscription</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 21-22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 22-23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 23-24</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>£</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Press and Journal</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Courier</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Financial Times</p></td><td><p>278</p></td><td><p>319</p></td><td><p>319</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Herald</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Spectator</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Telegraph</p></td><td><p>208</p></td><td><p>208</p></td><td><p>191</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Times</p></td><td><p>312</p></td><td><p>312</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Scotsman</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,229 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,127 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,200 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 04/03/2024 08:56:51 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1692040

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2024
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: Press
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what subscriptions to (a) newspapers, (b) magazines and (c) online journals his Department has paid for in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
	uin	15854
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2024 answer text <p>The Scotland Office can confirm that it has had the following subscriptions in place over the last three financial years:</p><p> </p><p>Press and Journal</p><p>The Courier</p><p>The Financial Times</p><p>The Herald</p><p>The Spectator</p><p>The Telegraph</p><p>The Times</p><p>The Scotsman</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 01/03/2024 11:40:26 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1692109

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2024
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department (a) paid in apprenticeship levy fees and (b) spent from its apprenticeship levy funds between September 2021 and August 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	15919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>The Scotland Office does not employ any staff directly. The staff are employed by their parent departments primarily the Ministry of Justice and the Scottish Government. The payment of the apprenticeship levy and access to any funding generated is the responsibility of the employing parent departments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 05/03/2024 12:50:22 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1694020

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2024
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Economic Situation: Scotland
	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 Chancellor of the Exchequer on the strength of the economy in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Moray
	tabling member printed	Douglas Ross
	uin	901758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text Scotland’s economy grew in 2023 and our back to work plan is working with fewer people inactive. We have achieved this alongside our priority of halving inflation.<p>I’m sure my Honourable Friend was also pleased to hear the growth measures we will take to keep Scotland prospering that were announced at the Budget today.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 06/03/2024 14:23:10 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
	tabling member	4627 label Biography information for Douglas Ross

1694021

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2024
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Levelling Up Fund: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of levelling up funding on communities in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	uin	901759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK Government is now investing more than £2.9 billion across Levelling Up initiatives in Scotland. That's the equivalent of £538 per person in Scotland.</p><p>I have personally seen how this funding is regenerating towns, creating jobs, and empowering communities to deliver directly on their ambitions.</p> answering member constituency Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk answering member printed John Lamont question first answered 06/03/2024 14:20:55 answering member 4608 label Biography information for John Lamont
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1691670

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2024
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: Vacancies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many and what proportion of digital posts in his Department are vacant.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
	uin	15606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland does not currently have any digital vacancies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 29/02/2024 10:42:40 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith