Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, for what reason the Facebook advertisement entitled Scotland's public spending does not appear in Facebook Ad Library as a political advertisement.
Answered by David Mundell
All the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland’s Facebook posts are made publicly available to general audiences in Scotland.
The Office will comply fully with Facebook’s new Political Content Authorisation requirements.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what audience targeting filters were used for the Facebook advertisement entitled Scotland's public spending.
Answered by David Mundell
This post was promoted to audiences aged 18-65+ in Scotland.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much money was spent from the public purse (a) producing and (b) promoting the Facebook advertisement entitled Scotland's public spending.
Answered by David Mundell
This animation was produced in-house and did not incur any production costs.
The amount spent on promoting it to date on Facebook has been £129.78.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on what other platforms the Facebook advertisement entitled Closing the Gender Pay Gap was run.
Answered by David Mundell
This promotion also included Instagram placements.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, for what reason the Facebook advertisement entitled Closing the Gender Pay Gap does not appear in Facebook Ad Library as a political advertisement.
Answered by David Mundell
All the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland’s Facebook posts are made publicly available to general audiences in Scotland.
The Office will comply fully with Facebook’s new Political Content Authorisation requirements.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what audience targeting filters were used for the Facebook advertisement entitled Closing the Gender Pay Gap.
Answered by David Mundell
This post was promoted to women in Scotland aged 18-65+.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much money from the public purse was spent (a) producing and (b) promoting the Facebook advertisement entitled Closing the Gender Pay Gap.
Answered by David Mundell
This video was produced as one of a video series. The approximate cost of production for this individual video was not more than £1,000.
The amount spent on promoting it to date on Facebook has been £311.46.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2018 to Question 135627, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on land prices in rural areas throughout Scotland.
Answered by David Mundell
The recently published analysis of the effect of the UK leaving the EU demonstrates the UK Government’s continued commitment to undertaking intensive analytical work examining the UK economy. We have agreed a deal that delivers for all parts of the UK - every nation, region and sector would be stronger than under a no deal scenario.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) official and (b) official sensitive documents have been recorded as lost or stolen by his Department since 8 May 2015.
Answered by David Mundell
Two official sensitive documents are recorded as having been lost by the Office for the Secretary of State for Scotland since 8 May 2015. All losses are assessed and responded to individually, and on a case-by-case basis, with all possible mitigating actions being taken and in full compliance of our legal and other responsibilities.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the running costs are for each building used by his Department.
Answered by David Mundell
The running costs for the buildings used by my Department in 2017-18 are as follows:
Melville Crescent in Edinburgh | £299,307 |
Dover House in Whitehall, London | £873,561 |