Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many and what proportion of (a) cars and (b) other vehicles used by his Department were made in Britain.

Answered by Alister Jack

The Scotland Office uses vehicles provided by the Government Car Service (GCS). Due to logistical and operational reasons, the type of vehicles deployed at each department can vary on a daily or weekly basis. The GCS fleet currently has 122 vehicles, 58 (48%) of which are vehicles made in Britain.

Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether any ministerial redundancy payments have been repaid to their Department since 2019.

Answered by Alister Jack

The Scotland Office and Office for the Advocate General can confirm that no redundancy payments have been returned to the department since 2019.

Found: The Scotland Office provides the logistics support for that, and civil servants in our media department

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2024 to Question 25990 on Edinburgh Airport, what information his Department holds on the progress that has been made by (a) Edinburgh and (b) Gatwick Airport on reaching a commercial agreement with the US authorities on a pre-clearance scheme for travellers to the US; and whether his Department is taking steps with the US (i) Customs and Border Protection and (ii) Transportation Security Administration to help support these negotiations.

Answered by Tom Pursglove

Home Office, Department for Transport and Scotland Office officials are in regular contact with counterparts at the US Customs and Border Protection Agency and Transportation Security Administration and representatives of Edinburgh and Gatwick airports about US pre-clearance.

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