Asked by: Bill Esterson (Labour - Sefton Central)
Question to the Scotland Office:
Whether he has made a comparative assessment with Cabinet colleagues of energy costs in Scotland and the rest of the UK.
Answered by John Lamont - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Scotland Office)
The Government has taken decisive action to support households and businesses across the UK, including in Scotland, through the Energy Price Guarantee and the Energy Bills Discount Scheme.
In the face of retail energy costs that are expected to remain high through the spring largely due to the illegal war in Ukraine, the Government is maintaining the Energy Price Guarantee for an additional three months, until June 2023.
Asked by: Bill Esterson (Labour - Sefton Central)
Question to the Scotland Office:
What recent steps his Department has taken to support the Scottish fishing sector.
Answered by David Duguid
Since well before the end of the Transition Period, My office has been in daily contact with the Scottish seafood industry to help identify and resolve issues with exports and will continue to do so.
Last week, the Prime Minister announced a £23 million support fund to help with losses directly related to these issues.
Asked by: Bill Esterson (Labour - Sefton Central)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff in his Department have been employed through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
Answered by David Mundell
As the number of temporary agency staff employed in each of the years is less than 5 in each year, detailed information is not provided for privacy reasons.