Asked by: Mhairi Black (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire South)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, what processes will be put in place to ensure coordination between the proposed Office of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet Office during periods of national crisis.
Answered by Boris Johnson
I refer the Hon. Member to my answer given to 114642.
Asked by: Mhairi Black (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire South)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, what steps the proposed Office of the Prime Minister will take to coordinate and liaise with the devolved Administrations.
Answered by Boris Johnson
I refer the Hon. Member to my answer given to 114642.
Asked by: Mhairi Black (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire South)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, how the proposed Office of the Prime Minister will work with the devolved Administrations.
Answered by Boris Johnson
I refer the Hon. Member to my answer given to 114642.
Asked by: Mhairi Black (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire South)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, whether the proposed Office of the Prime Minister will be subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Answered by Boris Johnson
I refer the Hon. Member to my answer given to 114642.
Asked by: Mhairi Black (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire South)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, what powers the proposed Office of the Prime Minister will have.
Answered by Boris Johnson
I refer the Hon. Member to my answer given to 114642.
Asked by: Mhairi Black (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire South)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his Departments total overall spending was in 2020-21.
Answered by Alister Jack
As reported in the annual report and accounts publication, the Scotland Office and Office of the Advocate General’s spending for 2020-21 was £12.8m.
This does not include the transfer of £43.371 billion of funding to the Scottish Consolidated Fund, the details of which can be found at:
Asked by: Mhairi Black (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire South)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff were employed by his department in 2020-21.
Answered by Alister Jack
The Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland is a small Ministerial Department, which does not employ staff directly. Those that join, do so on an assignment, loan or secondment from other government Departments, principally the Scottish Government and the Ministry of Justice who remain the employers.
Detailed staffing information is already published annually, within the Staff Report of the Scotland Office Annual Report and Accounts 2020/21 - Scotland Office Annual Report 20/21. Copies are also available from the Library of the House.
Asked by: Mhairi Black (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire South)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on advertising in 2020-21.
Answered by Alister Jack
In 2020-21, the Office spent a total of £75,681 on advertising.
Asked by: Mhairi Black (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire South)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, (a) how much his Department spent on communications staff and (b) how many communications staff were employed by his Department in 2020-21.
Answered by Alister Jack
The number of staff working at the Office to deliver the communications functions in 2020-21 was 13.
Expenditure on communications staffing was £906,177 in 2020-21.
Asked by: Mhairi Black (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire South)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on communications in 2020-21.
Answered by Alister Jack
The number of staff working at the Office to deliver the communications functions in 2020-21 was 13.
Expenditure on communications staffing was £906,177 in 2020-21.