Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether (a) his Department and (b) any of his Department's agencies entered into contracts with Strategic Communication Laboratories in each year since his Department was established.
Answered by Steve Baker
The Department has not entered into any commercial contract with Strategic Communication Laboratories (SCL Group). The Department has no agencies.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether (a) his Department and (b) any of its agencies has entered into contracts with Cambridge Analytica since 2012.
Answered by Steve Baker
The Department has not entered into any commercial contract with Cambridge Analytica. The Department has no agencies.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2017 to Question 2584, on Business: Scotland, which businesses in Scotland were engaged in the consultations referred to in that Answer and what methods of engagement were used.
Answered by Steve Baker
Ministers and officials from across Government are engaging with businesses and other stakeholders in Scotland via a variety of fora including roundtables, visits and meetings.
Details of Ministerial meetings are published in the Department's Quarterly Transparency Returns, which are publicly available on GOV.UK.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Joint report from the negotiators of the European Union and the United Kingdom Government on progress during phase 1 of negotiations under Article 50 TEU on the freedom of movement of UK nationals resident in another EU Member States.
Answered by Robin Walker
Securing an early agreement to protect the rights of UK nationals in the EU and EU citizens in the UK was the first priority for these negotiations. The agreement that we have reached, set out in our Joint Report, will provide these citizens with certainty about their rights going forward and we have agreed a comprehensive deal that works in the best interests of both EU citizens and UK nationals.
During the first phase of negotiations the UK strove to secure the right of onward movement for UK nationals with status in an EU Member State. However, the European Commission felt that this was an issue that could not be resolved through the first phase of negotiations. This right of onward movement for UK nationals with status in an EU Member State remains an important issue for the UK and the UK is keen to return to it in the next phase of negotiations.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what estimate he has made of the expenditure on hospitality by his Department since its inception.
Answered by Steve Baker
Hospitality expenditure is a locally managed area of expenditure, however, there are strict internal guidelines to ensure that value for money is always achieved.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will publish the minutes and other papers for the meetings between the Permanent Secretary at his Department and Shanker Singham of the Legatum Institute.
Answered by Steve Baker
Details of these meetings have been published in the Departmental Transparency Returns, which can be found on gov.uk. We do not publish the minutes of officials’ meetings.