Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent steps the Government has taken to persuade the Scottish people that they would have a better future within the UK.

In order to inform and support the debate on Scotland's future, the UK Government has undertaken a detailed programme of analysis on the contribution that Scotland makes to the UK and benefits Scotland gets from being part of the United Kingdom. The Scotland analysis programme has published fourteen papers on economic, domestic and international issues. The series is available online at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/scotland-analysis.

The Government is also publishing a range of easily accessible factsheets and booklets which are being widely disseminated to stakeholders in Scotland. These are available online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/scottish-independence-referendum-factsheets and https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/scottish-independence-referendum-scotland-in-the-uk.

Government Ministers are also participating in a wide range of meetings, visits and events with communities right across Scotland.