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 his Department has spent on social media advertising in each month since August 2018.
Answered by David Mundell
The actual amounts committed by my Department on social media advertising in the months requested is as follows:
Month | Total |
August 2018 | £1,503.10 |
September 2018 | £998.51 |
October 2018 | £1,763.23 |
November 2018 | £4,574.95 |
December 2018 | £5,945.79 |
January 2019 | £8,051.45 |
February 2019 | £7,513.34 |
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 cost to the public purse was of his Department's communications team in each year for which information is available.
Answered by David Mundell
The Communications team costs are set out below. The Office has been resourced to enable effective engagement and communication with the public and organisations across Scotland. The final figures for the financial year 2018-19 are not yet finalised.
Financial Year | Cost |
2007-08 | £113,236 |
2008-09 | £115,356 |
2009-10 | £144,084 |
2010-11 | £108,439 |
2011-12 | £169,373 |
2012-13 | £180,954 |
2013-14 | £241,636 |
2014-15 | £348,895 |
2015-16 | £426,223 |
2016-17 | £757,868 |
2017-18 | £710,337 |
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 26 April 2018 to Question 136969 on Scotland Office: Freedom of Information, if he will publish the findings of his Department's review of its practices on publication of Freedom of Information responses.
Answered by David Mundell
There is no obligation to publish responses to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The Office decided that the cost of updating the published list of responses to Freedom of Information requests since 2014 would not be proportionate to the benefits.
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 records his Department holds that have reached the time limit for their transfer to the National Archives but have not been transferred.
Answered by David Mundell
The Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland was created in 1999. Records from 1999 will be transferred by 2022, as stipulated by the Public Records (Transfer to the Public Record Office) (Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014.
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 3 December 2018 to Question 195127 on Scotland Office: Data Protection, where the two official sensitive documents were lost.
Answered by David Mundell
Two official sensitive documents are recorded as having been lost by the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland since 8 May 2015. These documents were in paper format and contained information relating to energy resilience, and contained no personal data.
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, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2018 to Question 195127 on Scotland Office: Data Protection, in what format were the documents that were lost.
Answered by David Mundell
Two official sensitive documents are recorded as having been lost by the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland since 8 May 2015. These documents were in paper format and contained information relating to energy resilience, and contained no personal data.
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, pursuant to the Answer 3 December 2018 to Question 195127 on Scotland Office: Data Protection, whether the documents were lost by (a) a Minister in his Department, (b) an official in his Department or (c) a Special Adviser.
Answered by David Mundell
Two official sensitive documents are recorded as having been lost by the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland since 8 May 2015. These documents were in paper format and contained information relating to energy resilience, and contained no personal data.
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, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2018 to Question 195127 on Scotland Office: Data Protection, whether personal data was included in the dossiers that were lost.
Answered by David Mundell
Two official sensitive documents are recorded as having been lost by the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland since 8 May 2015. These documents were in paper format and contained information relating to energy resilience, and contained no personal data.
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, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2018 to Question 195127 on Scotland Office: Data Protection, what the subject matter was of the two dossiers that were lost.
Answered by David Mundell
Two official sensitive documents are recorded as having been lost by the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland since 8 May 2015. These documents were in paper format and contained information relating to energy resilience, and contained no personal data.
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, on what other platforms the Facebook advertisement entitled Scotland's public spending was run.
Answered by David Mundell
A range of videos on public spending in Scotland have run on both Facebook and Twitter.