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1579610

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Gender Recognition: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will publish the legal advice received by Government in advance of their Section 35 Order on the Gender Recognition Reform Bill (Scotland).
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	130013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>Further to my answer of 24 January (UIN 125468), it is long-standing government practice, accepted by successive administrations, not to publish legal advice provided to the Government. The order, and a full Statement of Reasons published alongside it, set out in full the adverse effects the Government is concerned about in relation to the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 26/01/2023 11:47:50 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1579642

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many and what proportion of employees in their Department are paid at the rate of the National Minimum Wage.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	129902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>The Scotland Office does not employ any staff directly; all staff that join do so on an assignment, loan or secondment from other government bodies, principally the Ministry of Justice and the Scottish Government, who remain the employers.</p><p> </p><p>However, all staff working in the Scotland Office are paid at a rate higher than the rate of the National Minimum Wage.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to paying people a decent living wage, which is being addressed through the statutory National Living Wage. In April 2022, the Government increased the National Living Wage to £9.50 per hour. This will rise to £10.42 an hour from 1 April 2023, an increase of 9.7%.</p><p> </p><p>By 2024, the Government has committed that the National Living Wage will reach 66% of median UK earnings.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will always award contracts on the basis of the best value for money for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>Departments must ensure that they apply the legislative increase to the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 26/01/2023 11:50:12 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1579715

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	European Union: Scotland
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 23 January to Question 126735 on European Union: Scotland, what evidence he used to determine that there is no desire in Scotland to have membership of the EU in his Oral Contribution on Impact of Leaving the EU on 11 Januarys 2023, Official Report, Column 546.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	129916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>Polling is clear the people of Scotland want their currency to be Sterling. I was clear in my contribution of 11 January, the people of Scotland do not favour abandoning Sterling in order to create a new, temporary currency that would require to be superseded by the Euro.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 30/01/2023 10:35:59 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1569019

registered interest
date	20/01/2023
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking to ensure his Department complies with section 2.1.6 of the Civil Service Management Code; and whether that monitoring data gathered is shared with union representatives.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	128665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2023 answer text <p>The Scotland Office is aware of, and complies with, its obligations under the Civil Service Management Code. As the Scotland Office does not employ any staff directly, detailed monitoring data is held by the employing departments.</p><p> </p><p>There is a range of HR information which is published on GOV.UK and is therefore publicly available. In addition, the employing departments share routine human resources information with their recognised trade unions as part of their normal engagement.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 27/01/2023 10:19:08 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1568618

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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 human resources information their Department shares with trade unions on a regular basis.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	127801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>The Scotland Office does not employ any staff directly; all staff that join do so on an assignment, loan or secondment from other government bodies, principally the Ministry of Justice and the Scottish Government.</p><p> </p><p>There is a range of HR information which is published on GOV.UK and is therefore publicly available. In addition, the employing departments share routine human resources information with their recognised trade unions as part of their normal engagement.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 25/01/2023 14:20:34 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1567979

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Gender Recognition: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make an estimate of the number of hours that (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have spent in discussions with representatives of the Scottish government on the potential cross-border issues relating to the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	126790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>The Minister for Women and Equalities wrote to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government, Shona Robison MSP, while the Bill was still in the Scottish Parliament, outlining her concerns with the Gender Recognition Reform Bill as it stood. They also met to discuss the UK Government’s concerns. UK Government officials have had regular meetings with Scottish Government counterparts since the Gender Recognition Reform Bill’s introduction in the Scottish Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials in my Department conduct regular engagement with the Scottish Government on a range of matters, including legislation, Scotland Act Orders, and other policy matters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 24/01/2023 13:58:09 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1567988

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Gender Recognition: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much from the public purse his Department spent on (a) polling and (b) focus groups on public attitudes towards the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	126770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>The Scotland Office does not conduct its own polling or focus groups on this or any other issue.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 23/01/2023 10:40:04 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1568206

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	European Union: Scotland
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 18 January to Question 122480 on European Union: Scotland, whether his Department has commissioned (a) polling, (b) focus groups and (c) studies on attitudes towards the EU of people in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	126735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>The Scotland Office does not conduct its own polling, focus groups, or attitudinal studies on this or any other issue.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 23/01/2023 10:40:39 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1567720

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Gender Recognition: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will publish the legal advice the Government received on devolution and the Gender Recognition Reform Bill (Scotland).
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	125468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>After careful consideration of policy and legal advice, I decided to make an order under section 35 of the Scotland Act 1998, preventing the Scottish Parliament’s Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill from proceeding to Royal Assent. The order, and a full Statement of Reasons published alongside it, set out in full the adverse effects the Government is concerned about. It is long-standing government practice, accepted by successive administrations, not to publish legal advice provided to the Government.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 24/01/2023 13:55:22 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1566805

registered interest
date	13/01/2023
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	European Union: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department has made an assessment of attitudes towards the EU of people in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	122480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>I recently made clear in Parliament my view that people in Scotland should understand the difficulties an independent Scotland would face in re-entering the EU in terms of currency, deficit thresholds, pensions and many other issues.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 18/01/2023 14:24:51 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson