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Written Question
Overseas Trade: Scotland
Thursday 17th October 2019

Asked by: Stuart C McDonald (Scottish National Party - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

What recent assessment she has made of the ability of Scottish businesses to trade internationally in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

Answered by Conor Burns

  • The best way to prevent any disruption for businesses, is to support the PM’s deal.

  • The SNP want to the leave the UK but the Scottish Government’s own trade statistics show the majority of Scotland's exports go to the UK. In fact, Scottish Government data states that 60% of all Scotland’s exports go to the rest of the UK, compared with only 18% to the EU.

  • The point remains – if you want a deal, vote for it. Support it on Saturday.
Written Question
Department for International Trade: Energy
Friday 16th November 2018

Asked by: Stuart C McDonald (Scottish National Party - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what was the cost was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by the his Department in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

Answered by George Hollingbery

The Department for International Trade was formed on 14 July 2016. The table below provides details of the quantity and cost of electricity and natural gas used by the department during 2017/18 (the first full year of operation).

Electricity consumption (mWh)

1,766

Cost (£)

176,449**

Gas consumption (mWh)

483

Cost (£)

79,313**

**The financial cost figures exclude the department’s share of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s (FCO) London premises at King Charles Street, and our share of FCO’s International Offices. Additionally, data for all of our UK regional offices at which we are a minor occupier is not reported or invoiced separately, and therefore are not included in these figures. Disaggregated costs for electricity and gas for buildings managed by the FCO and our other major government occupiers are not held centrally.

Written Question
Department for International Trade: Energy
Friday 16th November 2018

Asked by: Stuart C McDonald (Scottish National Party - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the quantity was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by his Department in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

Answered by George Hollingbery

The Department for International Trade was formed on 14 July 2016. The table below provides details of the quantity and cost of electricity and natural gas used by the department during 2017/18 (the first full year of operation).

Electricity consumption (mWh)

1,766

Cost (£)

176,449**

Gas consumption (mWh)

483

Cost (£)

79,313**

**The financial cost figures exclude the department’s share of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s (FCO) London premises at King Charles Street, and our share of FCO’s International Offices. Additionally, data for all of our UK regional offices at which we are a minor occupier is not reported or invoiced separately, and therefore are not included in these figures. Disaggregated costs for electricity and gas for buildings managed by the FCO and our other major government occupiers are not held centrally.