Asked by: Lindsay Roy (Labour - Glenrothes)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what contribution his Department is making to the preparations for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Answered by David Mundell
The Scotland Office is committed to the success of the Commonwealth Games and has played a coordinating role in UK Government departments' vital work on the preparations for the Games in a wide range of areas. Scotland Office Ministers and officials have been in extensive, regular and proactive contact with ministerial colleagues and officials in other UK Government departments, with Shona Robison MSP (Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for the Commonwealth Games) and her officials, with Councillor Gordon Matheson and others in Glasgow City Council, with the Glasgow 2014 Organising Committee, and with Police Scotland, and other stakeholders, to ensure that UK Government departments, fulfilling their reserved responsibilities, work as closely as possible with the Devolved Administration and the Organising Committee.
Asked by: Lindsay Roy (Labour - Glenrothes)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) internal and (b) external complaints have been received by his Department about alleged breaches of the Civil Service Code of Conduct since 2010; and what actions his Department has taken in response to each such complaint.
Answered by David Mundell
The Office has not received any (a) internal and (b) external complaints about alleged breaches of the Civil Service Code of Conduct by individual officials since 2010.
Asked by: Lindsay Roy (Labour - Glenrothes)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on NHS Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by David Mundell
NHS is an almost devolved matter; the Secretary of State and I have had no such discussions.
Asked by: Lindsay Roy (Labour - Glenrothes)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the number of homeless (a) single people and (b) families in Scotland.
Answered by David Mundell
Homelessness statistics in Scotland are published by the Scottish Government who gather the information from local authorities.
The last such publication was on 25 March 2014 and is available at:
Asked by: Lindsay Roy (Labour - Glenrothes)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs in Scotland that depend on the UK's membership of the EU.
Answered by David Mundell
The Single Market gives UK businesses access to the world's largest trading bloc with 500 million people and 21 million companies generating £11 trillion in economic activity.
Since 1992, the UK's bilateral trade with EU member states has more than trebled and trade with Europe accounts for roughly 3.5 million jobs in the UK, around 11% of the workforce.
In 2012, Scottish exports to the EU are estimated to have amounted to approximately 45% of Scotland's total international exports (excluding oil and gas). The Government does not collate figures for the number of jobs in Scotland that depend on UK membership of the EU. However, independent analysis published by the Centre for Economics and Business Research in March 2014 suggested that, in 2011, approximately 335,000 jobs in Scotland were associated with Scottish exports to the EU.
Asked by: Lindsay Roy (Labour - Glenrothes)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many women in Scotland were self-employed in the most recent period for which information is available.
Answered by David Mundell
In the latest Annual Population Survey, accessed by NOMIS on 29 April 2014, the figures for the period January 2013 to December 2013 show the number of women (aged 16 +) who were self-employed in Scotland was 94,000.
Asked by: Lindsay Roy (Labour - Glenrothes)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on maximising tourism opportunities in Scotland.
Answered by David Mundell
Scotland Office Ministers meet regularly with Scottish Government Ministers to discuss a range of matters, including tourism.
As a part of the UK, Scotland's tourism industry benefits from the UK's integrated single market; the ability of visitors to move freely across its constituent parts; and the work of VisitBritain, the GREAT Campaign and UKTI to promote the whole of the UK as a destination for tourism and overseas investment.
In recent months, the Government has been actively working to help ensure the successful delivery of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, the World War 1 commemoration programme and Armed Forces Day, all of which present excellent opportunities to promote Scotland on the world stage.