Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the average hourly pay is for employees at each grade within his Department identified as (a) White or White British and (b) from a Black, Asian or other minority ethnic group.

The Scotland Office does not employ staff. All Scotland Office staff are on loan or secondment from other government bodies. The other government bodies remain the employers of the staff and hold information about pay rates and ethnicity.