Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how often his Department reviews its processes regarding the logging of emails, letters and other correspondence received; and if he will make a statement.

The Scotland Office keeps its logging processes under periodic review and aims to respond to all correspondence within 15 working days.

Guidance on handling correspondence from Members of Parliament, Peers, MEPs and Members of devolved Administrations is available online at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/61196/guide-handling-gov-correspondence.pdf.