Asked by: Margaret Ferrier (Independent - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Scotland Office:
What discussions he has had with his Cabinet colleagues on the impact of energy price rises on Scottish businesses.
Answered by Iain Stewart
I regularly discuss issues of importance to Scotland with Cabinet colleagues, including the impact on businesses of recent global energy price rises.
Energy security is an absolute priority for this Government and we continue to actively monitor market activity and prices.
Asked by: Margaret Ferrier (Independent - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff in his Department have formal arrangements to work from home during the covid-19 outbreak.
Answered by Alister Jack - Secretary of State for Scotland
All staff in the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland have formal arrangements to work from home during the covid-19 outbreak.
Asked by: Margaret Ferrier (Independent - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he plans to next meet the First Minister of Scotland.
Answered by Alister Jack - Secretary of State for Scotland
I refer the honourable Member to the answer I gave earlier today to the honourable Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East.
Asked by: Margaret Ferrier (Independent - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Scotland Office:
What the Government’s policy is on maintaining the Sewel Convention.
Answered by Douglas Ross
This Government remains fully committed to the Sewel Convention and the related practices and procedures for seeking legislative consent.
We will continue to uphold the spirit and the letter of the devolution settlement, as every Government has done consistently throughout the last twenty years.
Asked by: Margaret Ferrier (Independent - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on (a) online advertising and promotion, (b) animation, (c) design and (d) all advertising in financial year 2016-17.
Answered by David Mundell
The Scotland Office did not spend any budget on television, radio, national or local newspaper, online or other types of advertising in the financial year 2016-17. £15,955.65 was spent on social media advertising.
The Scotland Office spent £506.22 on design and print to support the UK Government’s attendance at the Royal Highland Show in 2016.
The creation of animated digital content is carried out in-house by Scotland Office staff at no additional cost.
Asked by: Margaret Ferrier (Independent - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on advertising, marketing and external communications in 2016-17.
Answered by David Mundell
The Scotland Office did not spend any budget on television, radio, national or local newspaper, online or other types of advertising in the financial year 2016-17. £15,955.65 was spent on social media advertising.
The Scotland Office spent £506.22 on design and print to support the UK Government’s attendance at the Royal Highland Show in 2016.
The creation of animated digital content is carried out in-house by Scotland Office staff at no additional cost.
Asked by: Margaret Ferrier (Independent - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his Department's advertising budget was in the financial year 2016-17.
Answered by David Mundell
The Scotland Office did not spend any budget on television, radio, national or local newspaper, online or other types of advertising in the financial year 2016-17. £15,955.65 was spent on social media advertising.
The Scotland Office spent £506.22 on design and print to support the UK Government’s attendance at the Royal Highland Show in 2016.
The creation of animated digital content is carried out in-house by Scotland Office staff at no additional cost.
Asked by: Margaret Ferrier (Independent - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) national newspaper advertisements, (d) local newspaper advertisements, (e) social media advertising, (f) online advertising and (g) other types of advertising in financial year 2016-2017.
Answered by David Mundell
The Scotland Office did not spend any budget on television, radio, national or local newspaper, online or other types of advertising in the financial year 2016-17. £15,955.65 was spent on social media advertising.
The Scotland Office spent £506.22 on design and print to support the UK Government’s attendance at the Royal Highland Show in 2016.
The creation of animated digital content is carried out in-house by Scotland Office staff at no additional cost.
Asked by: Margaret Ferrier (Independent - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has spent on building construction in each year since 2010.
Answered by David Mundell
The Scotland Office has incurred no expenditure on building construction since 2010.
Asked by: Margaret Ferrier (Independent - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the cost of staff in media relations and communications roles in his Department in each of the next three years.
Answered by David Mundell
The overall communication budgets for the next three years will be set in due course.