Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee Central)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times he has visited Scotland in an official capacity since the 2015 General Election; and what meetings were held on each such visit.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone
Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bis-quarterly-publications-april-to-june-2012, including meetings as part of official visits in Scotland.
Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee Central)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many times she has visited Scotland in an official capacity since the 2015 General Election; and what meetings were held on each such visit.
Answered by Amber Rudd
I visited Scotland in May 2016 for the inauguration of the Shetland Gas Plant, and again in June 2016 to attend the Oil and Gas Industry Conference. Details of meetings with external organisations will be published in due course at www.gov.uk.
Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee Central)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the value of trade between the UK and Cuba has been in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Anna Soubry
Data on the value of trade in goods between the UK and Cuba are available for the last 10 years from the HMRC Overseas Trade Statistics database. Figures are on a border basis.
Data on the value of trade in services between the UK and Cuba are available for the years 2013 and 2014 in the ONS Pink Book 2015. Figures are on a balance of payments (BPM6) basis. Earlier years are not available on a consistent basis. 2015 data will be published in Pink Book 2016.
The goods and services data from the HMRC and ONS sources are on a different basis, figures on the same basis are not available.