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1169347

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Fisheries: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with representatives of the fishing sector in Scotland on the (a) employment of foreign crews and (b) Tier 2 status.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	900093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2020 answer text <p>I am in regular contact with representatives from the fisheries sector in Scotland on a range of issues, including the challenges they face with recruitment.</p><p>The Hon. Member will be aware that the Government is currently designing a new immigration system, and it’s important that the new system takes account of the needs of all regions and sectors of the economy, including those of our fishing industry and coastal communities.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 08/01/2020 15:09:50 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1169348

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
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	What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the level of child poverty in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	900096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2020 answer text <p>This Office has regular discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on a range of issues.</p><p> </p><p>The Hon. Lady will know, the Scottish Government also controls a number of powers to tackle poverty, and I believe that it is important that Scotland’s two Governments work together to address the critical issue of child poverty.</p> answering member constituency Moray answering member printed Douglas Ross question first answered 08/01/2020 15:51:29 answering member 4627 label Biography information for Douglas Ross
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1169349

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	United Kingdom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to help strengthen the Union.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	900097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2020 answer text <p>Strengthening and Sustaining the Union is a key priority for the UK Government.</p><p> </p><p>We want 2020 to be a year of growth and opportunity for Scotland and the whole of the United Kingdom, not one of further division and uncertainty.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 08/01/2020 15:10:51 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1169350

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Devolution: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of intergovernmental relations between the Government and Scottish Government.
tabling member constituency	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
tabling member printed	Gerald Jones
uin	900098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to having a constructive relationship with the Scottish Government. We continue to develop proposals for a package of reforms as part of the review on intergovernmental relations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Moray answering member printed Douglas Ross question first answered 08/01/2020 15:52:13 answering member 4627 label Biography information for Douglas Ross
tabling member	4501 label Biography information for Gerald Jones

1169235

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Trade Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what meetings (a) he and (b) officials of his Department have had with (a) the Scottish Trades Union Congress and (b) individual affiliated trades unions since he took office; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	1102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>My officials and I regularly meet with a wide range of stakeholders to ensure that Scotland has a voice in Westminster. The Government publishes a list of all ministerial meetings with external bodies on departmental business on a quarterly basis and is available at gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 15/01/2020 15:22:33 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1168892

registered interest
date	06/01/2020
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to the Answer of 3 September 2019 to Question 286275 on Scotland Office: Freedom of Information, if he will take steps to ensure that all future responses to Freedom of Information requests are published.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>There is no obligation to publish responses to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Where requests relate to matters of wider public interest we consider publishing the responses on a case by case basis.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 14/01/2020 10:53:44 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1168893

registered interest
date	06/01/2020
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to the Answer of 26 April 2018 to Question 136969 on Scotland Office: Freedom of Information, if he will publish his Department's review of its practices on publication of Freedom of Information responses.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>In 2018, the Office considered carefully whether or not it should retrospectively seek to publish online all of the responses to FOI requests since August 2014. We concluded that we did not have the resources to do so, and that the benefit to the public would not be proportionate to the cost.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 14/01/2020 10:55:07 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1168894

registered interest
date	06/01/2020
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Social Media
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 social media advertising in each month since June 2019; and on which platforms that money was spent.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department spent the following on social media advertising since June 2019:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Twitter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Facebook &amp; Instagram</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Expenditure</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>June</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,861.02</p></td><td><p>£1,777.52</p></td><td><p>£3,638.54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>July</strong></p></td><td><p>£747.30</p></td><td><p>£807.06</p></td><td><p>£1,554.36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August</strong></p></td><td><p>£239.60</p></td><td><p>£1,340.96</p></td><td><p>£1,580.56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>September</strong></p></td><td><p>£768.74</p></td><td><p>£595.78</p></td><td><p>£1,364.52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>October</strong></p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£1,924.11</p></td><td><p>£1,924.11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>November</strong></p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£1,307.89</p></td><td><p>£1,307.89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>December</strong></p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 14/01/2020 10:57:52 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1168895

registered interest
date	06/01/2020
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to the Answer of 14 March 2019 to Question 230101 and the Answer of 3 September 2019 to Question 286276, for what reasons the cost of his Department's communications team rose from £108,439 in 2010-11 to £819,640.02 in 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The Office is resourced to deliver all of the communications functions and activities expected and required of a Government Department in its own right and on behalf of the UK Government in Scotland. The number of staff in communications reflects this requirement.</p><p> </p><p>As well as frontline communications functions, such as media handling, the Government Communications Service Modern Communications Operating Model requires UK Government communications divisions to deliver the following functions: campaigns, digital, internal communications, strategic communications and external affairs - such as organising ministerial visits, events, committee meetings and stakeholder engagement activities.</p><p> </p><p>The number of staff working at the Office is recorded in the Annual Report and Accounts, which are available online at gov.uk/scotland.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 14/01/2020 11:01:40 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1168896

registered interest
date	06/01/2020
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the travel costs for his Department have been in each quarter since January 2018 by (a) mode of travel and use by (i) Ministers and (ii) officials.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The costs incurred in each quarter for travel by Ministers and officials in the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland is enclosed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 14/01/2020 15:14:42 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack attachment 1 file name Table - PQ 415.DOCX title Table - PQ 415
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock