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1685551
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-01-29more like thismore than 2024-01-29
answering body
Scotland Office more like this
answering dept id 2 more like this
answering dept short name Scotland more like this
answering dept sort name Scotland more like this
hansard heading Scotland Office: Publicity more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on public information campaigns promoting Government policies in the (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23 financial years; and how much it has spent on such campaigns in the 2023-24 financial year as of 29 January 2024. more like this
tabling member constituency Edinburgh North and Leith more like this
tabling member printed
Deidre Brock remove filter
uin 11807 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-02-05more like thismore than 2024-02-05
answer text <p>The Office has spent the following on social media platforms to support UK Government policies and information campaigns in Scotland:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>23-24 (to date)</strong></p></td><td><p>17,725</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>22-23</strong></p></td><td><p>49,893</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>21-22</strong></p></td><td><p>39,818</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway more like this
answering member printed Mr Alister Jack more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-02-05T14:49:37.72Zmore like thismore than 2024-02-05T14:49:37.72Z
answering member
4619
label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack more like this
tabling member
4417
label Biography information for Deidre Brock more like this
1685579
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-01-29more like thismore than 2024-01-29
answering body
Scotland Office more like this
answering dept id 2 more like this
answering dept short name Scotland more like this
answering dept sort name Scotland more like this
hansard heading Scotland Office: Information Officers more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has spent on communications staff in the (a) 2022-23 financial year and (b) 2023-24 financial year as of 29 January 2024. more like this
tabling member constituency Edinburgh North and Leith more like this
tabling member printed
Deidre Brock remove filter
uin 11808 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-02-05more like thismore than 2024-02-05
answer text <p>Expenditure on communications staffing costs, including employer’s pensions and national insurance contributions, but excluding any VAT where applicable, was:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>23-24 (to end Dec 23)</strong></p></td><td><p>1,081,263</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>22-23</strong></p></td><td><p>1,166,270</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway more like this
answering member printed Mr Alister Jack more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-02-05T14:50:31.367Zmore like thismore than 2024-02-05T14:50:31.367Z
answering member
4619
label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack more like this
tabling member
4417
label Biography information for Deidre Brock more like this
1685583
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-01-29more like thismore than 2024-01-29
answering body
Scotland Office more like this
answering dept id 2 more like this
answering dept short name Scotland more like this
answering dept sort name Scotland more like this
hansard heading Scotland Office: Special Advisers more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has spent on special advisers in the (a) 2022-23 financial year and (b) 2023-24 financial year as of 29 January 2024. more like this
tabling member constituency Edinburgh North and Leith more like this
tabling member printed
Deidre Brock remove filter
uin 11809 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-02-01more like thismore than 2024-02-01
answer text <p>The information requested can be found in the Scotland Office and Office for the Advocate General annual report and accounts for financial year 2022-23. This can be accessed using the following link <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1170084/SO_Report_2022-23_-_web_version.pdf" target="_blank">Scotland Office Annual Report 2022-23</a>. The figures for the current financial year 2023-24 will be published in the department’s next annual report and accounts for financial year 2023-24 and laid in parliament by the set deadlines later this calendar year.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to any salary costs, the department has incurred the following travel and subsistence costs in relation to Special Advisors during financial year 2022-23.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Travel &amp; Subsistence (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022-23</strong></p></td><td><p>61,857</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway more like this
answering member printed Mr Alister Jack more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-02-01T15:10:37.19Zmore like thismore than 2024-02-01T15:10:37.19Z
answering member
4619
label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack more like this
tabling member
4417
label Biography information for Deidre Brock more like this
1682487
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-01-16more like thismore than 2024-01-16
answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
answering dept id 208 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
hansard heading Tigray: Famine more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department is providing emergency humanitarian assistance to help avert famine in Tigray. more like this
tabling member constituency Edinburgh North and Leith more like this
tabling member printed
Deidre Brock remove filter
uin 9858 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-01-24more like thismore than 2024-01-24
answer text <p>Internal conflict, drought, and economic challenges are exacerbating humanitarian crises across Ethiopia. Famine risk in Tigray and elsewhere in Ethiopia increases as these factors are prolonged and if the international community does not expand humanitarian and development assistance. The UK recently increased our health, nutrition, water and sanitation, and protection programming across northern Ethiopia, including in Tigray. Since 2019, the UK has allocated more than £400 million to tackle humanitarian crises in Ethiopia.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield more like this
answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-01-24T11:23:45.86Zmore like thismore than 2024-01-24T11:23:45.86Z
answering member
1211
label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell more like this
tabling member
4417
label Biography information for Deidre Brock more like this
1682491
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-01-16more like thismore than 2024-01-16
answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
answering dept id 208 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
hansard heading Tigray: Internally Displaced People more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if his Department will make representations to the Ethiopian Government to allow internally displaced Tigrayans to return. more like this
tabling member constituency Edinburgh North and Leith more like this
tabling member printed
Deidre Brock remove filter
uin 9859 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-01-24more like thismore than 2024-01-24
answer text <p>The former Foreign Secretary welcomed the November 2022 peace agreement between the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front, when he visited Ethiopia in December 2022. There are no formal restrictions on internally displaced persons returning, however some areas of Tigray are under the control of regional militias or Eritrean forces. Ministers and the British Embassy Addis Ababa repeatedly raise the need for withdrawal of militias and foreign forces, including through a public statement in August 2023.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield more like this
answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-01-24T11:52:03.41Zmore like thismore than 2024-01-24T11:52:03.41Z
answering member
1211
label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell more like this
tabling member
4417
label Biography information for Deidre Brock more like this
1682496
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-01-16more like thismore than 2024-01-16
answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
answering dept id 208 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
hansard heading Ethiopia: Politics and Government more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make representations to his counterpart in the Ethiopian Government on fully implementing the Pretoria Peace Agreement. more like this
tabling member constituency Edinburgh North and Leith more like this
tabling member printed
Deidre Brock remove filter
uin 9860 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-01-24more like thismore than 2024-01-24
answer text <p>The former Foreign Secretary welcomed the November 2022 peace agreement between the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front, when he visited Ethiopia in December 2022. Since then, the UK has welcomed progress on implementation such as the handing over of heavy weapons, the establishment of a Tigray Interim Regional Administration, and the development of a comprehensive transitional justice policy. We continue to offer the UK's support, including for the successful implementation of the transitional justice policy. HM Ambassador to Ethiopia last year announced funding for the African Union's monitoring, verification and compliance mechanism to support the implementation of the Pretoria peace deal. Ministers and the British Embassy Addis Ababa continue to raise the importance of this issue with interlocutors in the Ethiopian Government.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield more like this
answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-01-24T11:51:21.567Zmore like thismore than 2024-01-24T11:51:21.567Z
answering member
1211
label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell more like this
tabling member
4417
label Biography information for Deidre Brock more like this
1684674
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-01-16more like thismore than 2024-01-16
answering body
Scotland Office more like this
answering dept id 2 more like this
answering dept short name Scotland more like this
answering dept sort name Scotland more like this
hansard heading Public Finance: Scotland more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the financial settlement for Scotland. more like this
tabling member constituency Edinburgh North and Leith more like this
tabling member printed
Deidre Brock remove filter
uin 901061 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-01-24more like thismore than 2024-01-24
answer text <p>Despite what we hear from the SNP, the Scottish Government is well-funded.</p><p>As a consequence of the decisions made by this UK Government, the Block Grant is now at record levels, with an additional £2.4 billion across three fiscal events.</p><p>Scotland receives around 25% more per person than equivalent UK Government spending in other parts of the United Kingdom.</p><p>That translates into around £8.5 billion more per year on average.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk more like this
answering member printed John Lamont more like this
grouped question UIN 901060 more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-01-24T14:18:03.753Zmore like thismore than 2024-01-24T14:18:03.753Z
answering member
4608
label Biography information for John Lamont more like this
tabling member
4417
label Biography information for Deidre Brock more like this
1682003
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-01-15more like thismore than 2024-01-15
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Asylum: Employment more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research Discussion Paper No. 549 entitled The Economic and Social Impacts of Lifting Work Restrictions on People Seeking Asylum, published on 25 June 2023, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of allowing asylum seekers to work. more like this
tabling member constituency Edinburgh North and Leith more like this
tabling member printed
Deidre Brock remove filter
uin 9538 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-01-22more like thismore than 2024-01-22
answer text <p>Asylum seekers who have had their claim outstanding for 12 months or more, through no fault of their own, are allowed to work. Those permitted to work are restricted to jobs on the Shortage Occupation List. This is based on expert advice from the independent Migration Advisory Committee.</p><p> </p><p>We are aware that the National Institute of Economic and Social Research published analysis on 25 June 2023, which set out the estimated fiscal impact to the UK should there be a relaxation of the policy. It is the Home Office assessment that any analysis in this area is dependent on making assumptions from limited evidence and will therefore produce uncertain results.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst we keep all policies under review, there are no immediate plans to change the existing policy. It is important that we distinguish between individuals who need protection and those seeking to work here who can apply for a work visa under the Immigration Rules. The Government has always been clear that asylum seekers do not need to make perilous journeys in order to seek employment in the UK. Those in need of protection should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach – that is the fastest route to safety.</p><p> </p><p>Unrestricted access to employment could act as an incentive for more migrants to choose to come here illegally; leading to further dangerous journeys across the Channel and supporting the business model of people smugglers, rather than claim asylum in the first safe country they reach. This could also undermine the legal routes for those seeking to work in the UK under the Points Based System. These routes include Skilled Worker, Global Talent, and Health and Care routes, which are supporting UK businesses to recruit workers with the skills and talent they need from around the world.</p>
answering member constituency Corby more like this
answering member printed Tom Pursglove more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-01-22T15:45:55.82Zmore like thismore than 2024-01-22T15:45:55.82Z
answering member
4369
label Biography information for Tom Pursglove more like this
tabling member
4417
label Biography information for Deidre Brock more like this
1680496
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-01-08more like thismore than 2024-01-08
answering body
Cabinet Office more like this
answering dept id 53 more like this
answering dept short name Cabinet Office more like this
answering dept sort name Cabinet Office more like this
hansard heading Queen Elizabeth House more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff were employed at Queen Elizabeth House in each UK Government department or arms-length body (a) full time, (b) part time, (c) on a consultancy basis and (d) as civil servants as of 8 January 2023. more like this
tabling member constituency Edinburgh North and Leith more like this
tabling member printed
Deidre Brock remove filter
uin 8470 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction true more like this
date of answer less than 2024-01-16more like thismore than 2024-01-16
answer text <p>The number of civil servants reported in post by government departments and executive agencies as at 31 March 2023 based in Queen Elizabeth House is presented in the table below. The postcode for Queen Elizabeth House, 1 Sibbald, Edinburgh is EH8 8FT.</p><p> </p><p>Information on consultants based or employed at Queen Elizabeth House is not centrally available.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Civil Servants whose postcode of government establishment or other workplace where employed or based is EH8 8FT, by civil service organisation and working pattern, as at 31 March 2023</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Civil Service Organisation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount of all civil servants in full-time role</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount of all civil servants working in a part-time role</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total headcount of all civil servants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Building Digital UK</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cabinet Office (excl. agencies)</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Civil Service Fast Stream</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Competition and Markets Authority</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (excl. agencies)</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (excl. agencies)</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (excl. agencies)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for International Trade</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (excl. agencies)</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Transport (excl. agencies)</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department of Health and Social Care (excl. agencies)</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government Actuary’s Department</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government Commercial Organisation</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health and Safety Executive</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HM Revenue and Customs (excl. agencies)</p></td><td><p>1,825</p></td><td><p>395</p></td><td><p>2,220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Home Office</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ministry of Justice (excl. agencies)</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland (incl. Office of the Advocate General for Scotland)</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">15</del> <ins class="ministerial">80</ins><del class="ministerial"><br /></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scottish Government (excl. agencies)</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Valuation Office Agency</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,220</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>440</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,655</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Annual Civil Service Employment Statistics (ACSES), Cabinet Office<strong><br /></strong></p><p>[s] = confidential and suppressed due to small numbers of between 1 and 4.</p><p>Numbers are rounded to the nearest five.</p><p>Additional departments and their civil servants may be based/employed at Queen Elizabeth House but may not show in the data due to non-reporting of postcode information when reporting their locations information to Cabinet Office through ACSES.</p><p>The data in the table refers to civil service organisations and civil servants only. Data for non-civil service organisations are not available centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Salisbury more like this
answering member printed John Glen more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-01-16T12:03:26.873Zmore like thismore than 2024-01-16T12:03:26.873Z
question first ministerially corrected
less than 2024-01-16T15:32:11.563Zmore like thismore than 2024-01-16T15:32:11.563Z
answering member
4051
label Biography information for John Glen more like this
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11377
answering member constituency Salisbury more like this
answering member printed John Glen more like this
answering member
4051
label Biography information for John Glen more like this
tabling member
4417
label Biography information for Deidre Brock more like this
1678657
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-12-18more like thismore than 2023-12-18
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Visas: Ukraine more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 27 March 2023 to Question168058 on Visas: Ukraine, whether he plans to make an announcement on the extension of visas under the (a) Homes for Ukraine scheme, (b) Ukrainian Family Scheme and (c) Ukraine Extension Scheme beyond the initial three-year period. more like this
tabling member constituency Edinburgh North and Leith more like this
tabling member printed
Deidre Brock remove filter
uin 7347 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-01-11more like thismore than 2024-01-11
answer text <p>We are mindful that permission will start to expire, for the first arrivals under our Ukrainian schemes, from March 2025, and their need for certainty beyond that point to help them to plan ahead, for example if remaining in the UK, entering into rental agreements and living here independently. As a result, we actively keep the Ukraine schemes under consistent review.</p><p /><p>The UK Government stands with Ukraine and firmly believes that Ukraine will be safe again. When it’s safe to do so, Ukraine will need the repatriation of its citizens to help recover and rebuild their economy and infrastructure.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Corby more like this
answering member printed Tom Pursglove more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-01-11T11:21:56.62Zmore like thismore than 2024-01-11T11:21:56.62Z
answering member
4369
label Biography information for Tom Pursglove more like this
tabling member
4417
label Biography information for Deidre Brock more like this