Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to the damage caused by Storm Malik and Corrie, what steps his Department has taken to help ensure that Scotland is better equipped for serious storms in the future.

At the request of the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Energy Emergencies Committee is undertaking a review of the responses to Storm Arwen, and so is Ofgem; these reviews will inform the electricity industry’s response to future storms across Great Britain, including storms like Storms Malik and Corrie. In Scotland, most of the impacts of such storms are devolved matters for the Scottish Government and other devolved bodies. Scottish Government resilience officials are in regular contact with their counterparts in UK Government departments for the exchange of best practice.