Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much (a) his Department, (b) the Union Unit, and (c) the Union Taskforce spent on communications including staffing costs in each financial year since 2010-11; and how much is budgeted for that purpose for each of those groups for 2021-22.

The Office’s annual expenditure is recorded under the ‘Statement of Operating Costs by Operating Segment’ in the Annual Report and Accounts which are publically available online at www.gov.uk/scotland.

The Office does not hold information on budget allocations for 2021/22 at this time.

The Office does not hold figures for the cost of the Union Unit or Union Taskforce.