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1105984

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many financial mitigation payments have been made to MoD personnel based in Scotland in relation to the Scottish rate of income tax; and at what salary level those payments began.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	238377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>No financial mitigation payments have yet been made to Ministry of Defence personnel resident in Scotland in relation to higher rates of Scottish income tax. Mitigation payments for Tax Year 2018-19 will be made in June 2019 to those with taxable earnings of £27,200 or more. Mitigation payments for Tax Year 2019-20 will be made in June 2020 to those with taxable earnings of £28,193 or more. It is estimated that up to 8,000 payments will be made in June 2019 and up to 7,000 payments in June 2020.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 04/04/2019 14:43:24 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1105965

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Church of England: Forests
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, pursuant to her oral contribution of 28 March 2019, Official Report on the Archbishop's Council's Strategic Development Fund, if she will publish the forestry holdings of the Church of England.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	238374
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>As of December 2018 the forestry holdings of the Church Commissioners amounted to 103,138 acres across the United Kingdom, United States of America and Australia. The Church Commissioners most recent Annual Report sets out in more detail its timberland investments: <a href="https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2018-05/Church%20Commissioners%20Annual%20Report%202017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2018-05/Church%20Commissioners%20Annual%20Report%202017.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 01/04/2019 16:29:05 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1105967

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Forests: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, pursuant to her oral contribution of 28 March 2019, Official Report on the Archbishop's Council's Strategic Development Fund, whether it follows Scottish Natural Heritage's Biodiversity Duty Guidance and Advice in its forestry estates in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	238375
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>All forests managed by the Church Commissioners conform to the UK Woodland Assurance Scheme (UKWAS) and the UK Forestry Standard (UKFS), and have Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) Certification. The FSC is recognised by WWF as the “hallmark of responsible forest management”. The Church Commissioners are not required to report under the Scottish Natural Heritage's ‘Biodiversity Duty Guidance and Advice in its forestry estates in Scotland’, as this applies only to public bodies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 01/04/2019 16:29:25 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1105970

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Forests: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, with reference to the oral contribution of the Rt. hon. Member for Meriden, what steps the church takes to ensure that its forestry plantations in Scotland avoid monoculture plantings.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	238376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>In order to comply with the Forestry Stewardship Council, UK Woodland Assurance Scheme and UK Forestry Standards, forests must contain a maximum of 75% primary species. Latest figures for forests in Scotland managed by the Church Commissioners show that they contain around 65% Sitka spruce, though that percentage was higher when the forests were first planted in the 1960s and 1970s. The remainder comprises native broadleaves and other conifer species such as Scots pine, Norway spruce, Douglas fir and open ground. Open ground makes up approximatley 19% of the area under management and mostly comprises native grasses, water (ponds, streams and rivers), heather and rock outcrops. The Church Commissioners will achieve at least 5% native broadleaves by the end of the first rotation.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 01/04/2019 16:29:35 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1092735

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Cambridge Analytica
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings were held between (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department and Alexander Nix of Cambridge Analytica in December 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	235339
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>I met Alexander Nix on 7 December 2016. The Foreign Secretary met Alexander Nix on 8 December 2016. FCO officials in London, Washington and New York occasionally met Alexander Nix and representatives from Cambridge Analytica starting in 2016. These meetings were part of normal diplomatic business aimed at understanding the 2016 presidential election in the US, the ensuing political environment, and the Trump Presidential campaign and transition team.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 28/03/2019 16:15:36 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1092285

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Bodies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government plans to publish the Public Bodies 2018 report.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	234863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The Public Bodies 2018-19 report was published on Friday 22 March 2019.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-bodies-2018-19-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-bodies-2018-19-report</a></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 28/03/2019 14:52:49 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1086663

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Social Media
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on social media advertising related to the UK leaving the EU in each of the last 24 months.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	230804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>Cabinet Office spending on social media advertising related to the UK leaving the EU is available to November 2018. Spend for November 2018 onwards will be published in due course in line with normal data releases. Spend to November 2018 has been made public in previous data releases. This can be accessed at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data</a>.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 18/03/2019 11:10:04 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1086664

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Food: USA
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on food imports from the US of the United States-European Union Negotiations: Summary of Specific Negotiating Objectives, published by the Office of the United States Trade representative in February 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	230805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>The US published its negotiating objectives for the EU in January 2019. These take a similar form to their objectives for other trade partners. As with all international negotiations, the publication of these objectives marks the beginning of the negotiating process and not the end.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 19/03/2019 15:07:46 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1084451

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2019
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 26 April 2018 to Question 136969 on Scotland Office: Freedom of Information, if he will publish the findings of 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	230100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>There is no obligation to publish responses to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The Office decided that the cost of updating the published list of responses to Freedom of Information requests since 2014 would not be proportionate to the benefits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 14/03/2019 11:13:00 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1084452

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2019
	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, what the cost to the public purse was of his Department's communications team in each year for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	230101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The Communications team costs are set out below. The Office has been resourced to enable effective engagement and communication with the public and organisations across Scotland. The final figures for the financial year 2018-19 are not yet finalised.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007-08</strong></p></td><td><p>£113,236</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008-09</strong></p></td><td><p>£115,356</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p>£144,084</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>£108,439</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>£169,373</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>£180,954</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>£241,636</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>£348,895</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>£426,223</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>£757,868</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>£710,337</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 14/03/2019 11:14:38 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock