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1661472

	registered interest
	date	18/09/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Scotland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to investigate whether Scottish Government spending on independence campaigning is appropriate.
	tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	uin	HL10233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government is concerned by the First Minister’s decision to appoint a Minister for Independence. This decision is out of step with the real priorities of the public, which include continuing to tackle the cost of living, growing Scotland’s economy, tackling NHS waiting lists, ensuring energy security and improving transport links.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to uphold the reputation and impartiality of the civil service in Scotland and appreciates that this is a matter for the Scottish Government Permanent Secretary who has been asked to consider this matter.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 02/10/2023 15:01:13 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
	tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1661473

	registered interest
	date	18/09/2023
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Embassies: Scotland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to investigate whether Scottish Government spending on overseas embassies is appropriate.
	tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	uin	HL10234
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2023 answer text <p>International relations is a matter reserved to the UK Government (UKG), but the UKG recognises that the devolved governments have legitimate interest in international activities which affect delivery of devolved objectives. The Scottish Government currently operates eight overseas offices and has an office in London. Most overseas offices are physically co-located with the UK Mission. As the UKG highlighted in its evidence to the Scottish Affairs Select Committee, there are a wide range of positive examples of engagement and co-operation between FCDO and Scottish Government staff based at UK Missions, delivering for Scotland and the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 02/10/2023 16:01:45 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1661471

	registered interest
	date	18/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Scottish Government
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks of the Cabinet Secretary in evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution on 18 July, what action they have taken to review the position of the Scottish Minister for Independence and the team of civil servants who currently support him.
	tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	uin	HL10232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2023 answer text <p>I am aware that the Cabinet Secretary, Simon Case, has stated that he is considering this matter.</p><p>All civil servants must abide by the Civil Service Code and the law, and that applies to civil servants working for the Scottish Government.</p><p>People expect their Governments to be fully focused on the issues which matter most to them: driving down inflation, growing our economy and maintaining the UK’s energy security by making Britain more energy independent.</p> answering member printed Lord Evans of Rainow question first answered 27/09/2023 10:49:22 answering member 4081 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Rainow
	tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1661474

	registered interest
	date	18/09/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Scotland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps, if any, they intend to take to review whether any money allocated to the Scottish Government for a particular purpose has been spent on a different area without agreement with His Majesty's Government.
	tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	uin	HL10235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2023 answer text <p>The Treasury are in regular contact with each of the devolved administrations to discuss the funding arrangements set out in the Statement of Funding Policy.</p><p> </p><p>It is for the Scottish Government to decide how to spend their Barnett-based block grant in areas of devolved responsibility. However, ringfenced funding provided by the UK Government can only be spent for the purposes it was given and any underspends must be returned to HM Treasury.</p><p> </p><p>The devolved administrations provide regular updates to HM Treasury on their spending through existing reporting channels. This includes spending against ringfenced funding.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 22/09/2023 13:48:48 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
	tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock