Asked by: Baroness Hodge of Barking (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will publish a list of all secondees to his Department from (a) PwC, (b) Deloitte, (c) Ernst and Young, (d) KPMG and (e) other consulting firms in the last three financial years; and what the role was of each of those secondees.
Answered by David Mundell
In the last three financial years, there have been no secondees at the Scotland Office from PwC, Deloitte, Ernst and Young, KPMG or any other consulting firms.
Asked by: Baroness Hodge of Barking (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many times his Department has used the services of (a) PwC, (b) Deloitte, (c) Ernst and Young, (d) KPMG and (e) other consulting firms in the last three financial years; and what (i) work was undertaken and (ii) the cost to the public purse was on each such occasion.
Answered by David Mundell
The Scotland Office has not used the services of (a) PwC, (b) Deloitte, (c) Ernst and Young, (d) KPMG and (e) other consulting firms in the last three financial years.
Asked by: Baroness Hodge of Barking (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will place in the Library a list of all public appointments made by his Department between 1 January 2015 and 1 May 2015.
Answered by David Mundell
Under the Code of Practice for Ministerial Appointments to Public Bodies April 2012, government departments are required to publicise successful appointments.
No public appointments were made by the Scotland Office between 1 January 2015 and 1 May 2015.