https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-apprenticeship-funding-to-transform-investment-in-skills<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p>
As skills policy is devolved, it is for the Scottish Government to decide how it will use its share of the funding.<\/p>
<\/p>
<\/p>
<\/p>"}
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No officials in the Scotland Office have opted out of the EU Working Time Directive.<\/p>"}
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The Scotland Office has not procured any steel in the last 12 months.<\/p>
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The Scotland Office does not employ staff directly; all staff that join do so on an assignment, loan or secondment from other government bodies, principally from the Ministry of Justice and the Scottish Government.<\/p>
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The Scotland Office has no Senior Civil Service roles classified as Assistant Director, Team Leader or Policy Manager.<\/p>
<\/p>
The Scotland Office had two Deputy Director roles based outside London in 2014 and 2015, and three Deputy Director roles based outside London in 2016. This is equivalent to 40% of its Deputy Director headcount in 2014 and 2015, and 60% in 2016.<\/p>
<\/p>
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The Scotland Office has received 38 enquiries from members of the public this year in relation to the implementation of the Pensions Act 1995, the Pension Act 2011 and the campaign to equalise state pensions for women. My Department has directly responded to 6 of these, with the Department for Work and Pensions handling the remaining enquires.<\/p>"}
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The Scotland Office has a 15 working day target deadline to respond to correspondence from the public; 84% of correspondence from the public has received a response within 15 working days in fiscal year 2015/16.<\/p>
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The UK-wide Intellectual Property Office works with law enforcement and industry partners across Scotland to reduce the availability of all types of counterfeits, including electrical goods. The Intellectual Property Crime Group, which is comprised of representatives from private sector, law enforcement agencies and government departments, publishes an annual report into intellectual property crime, including the sale of counterfeit goods in the UK. The latest report can be accessed at:<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-ip-crime-report-2015-to-2016<\/a>.<\/p> <\/strong><\/p>"}
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