Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2017 to Question 67218, of the meetings he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and on what dates the subject of funding for the Ayrshire Growth Deal was discussed.

I regularly meet the Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss a range of issues. In line with the practice of successive administrations details of ministerial discussions are not routinely disclosed.