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date	06/03/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Local Government Finance: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If he will discuss with the Scottish Government steps to prevent accounting errors which are detrimental to local government budgets; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Luke Graham
uin	131100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>Local Government is a devolved matter in Scotland and all issues relating to local government budgets and accounting are the responsibility of the Scottish Government.</p><p> </p><p>The Scottish Government and Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government both attend the CIPFA/LASAAC Accounting Code Board, where accounting rules and best practice for local authorities across the UK are discussed.</p><p> </p><p>Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government officials also have ad hoc contact with Scottish Government officials to share best practice and discuss matters of mutual interest for Local Government Finance in England and Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 14/03/2018 13:00:28 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4622 label Biography information for Luke Graham

856112

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will request from the Scottish Government details of (a) the land it holds and (b) the proportion of that land which has been judged surplus; and if he will place that information in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Filton and Bradley Stoke
tabling member printed	Jack Lopresti
uin	131278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>Information on the Scottish Government’s land holdings is a matter for the Scottish Government. I would suggest contacting them in the first instance.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 13/03/2018 16:09:09 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	3989 label Biography information for Jack Lopresti

855679

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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 the Scotland, what estimate he has made of the proportion of staff currently employed by his Department who are apprentices.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	130985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The Scotland Office employs apprentices, but due to the number involved, an estimate cannot be provide to protect the privacy and identity of individuals concerned.</p><p>The Scotland Office are committed to apprenticeships as part of a modern employment route into the Civil Service and across the wider economy. The vision is to offer apprenticeships to everyone - of all ages, all backgrounds, all grades, all professions, across the UK.</p><p>The Scotland Office does not employ staff directly; all staff that join do so on an assignment, loan or secondment from other Government bodies.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 08/03/2018 17:06:33 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck