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SCOTLAND
Departmental Equipment/Property
Mr. George Osborne:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many items of electrical equipment were
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used by his Department in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by (a) cost and (b) number of each type of item. [205733]
Mrs. McGuire: The Scotland Office does not retain the information requested centrally, and could provide it only at disproportionate cost.
All expenditure by the Scotland Office in the purchase and procurement of services, and items, is made in accordance with the departmental guidance on financial procedures and propriety, based on principles set out in Government Accounting. Where possible, purchases of electrical equipment is through negotiated contracts.
Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many items of civil service property within his Department are unaccounted for, broken down by type. [205579]
Mrs. McGuire: In the current year, there have been no reports to date of any equipment, or other property, being unaccounted for.
Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the property belonging to his Department that has (a) been stolen and (b) been reported lost in each year since 1997, broken down by type of article. [206365]
Mrs. McGuire: The Scotland Office was established on 1 July 1999.
Since that date the following items of property have been reported lost or stolen:
| Item | Lost | Stolen | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999–2000 | Laptop | — | 1 |
| 2000–01 | 0 | — | — |
| 2001–02 | 0 | — | — |
| 2002–03 | Mobile phone | 1 | — |
| 2003–04 | 0 | — | — |
Departmental Expenditure
Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much has been spent by his Department on lighting in each year since 1997. [205870]
Mrs. McGuire: The Scotland Office was established on 1 July 1999. Information on the cost of lighting is not held separately.
Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what the running costs of the Department were in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) electricity, (b) water, (c) gas, (d) telephones, (e) mobile telephones and (f) televisions. [206678]
Mrs. McGuire: The Scotland Office was established on 1 July 1999.
Since that date expenditure in the categories requested was as follows:
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(72)Part year
(73)The information relates to buildings where the Scotland Office are major occupiers. Costs relating to buildings shared with the Scottish Executive are not separately identifiable.
Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much has been spent on entertainment by his Department in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) food, (b) alcohol, (c) staff and (d) accommodation. [204353]
Mrs. McGuire: The Scotland Office was established on 1 July 1999.
The information is not held in the form requested, however since that date the Scotland Office and the Office of the Advocate-General for Scotland have spent the following on hospitality and entertainment:
| £ | |
|---|---|
| 1999–2000 | (74)10,638 |
| 2000–01 | 41,275 |
| 2001–02 | 25,789 |
| 2002–03 | 41,782 |
| 2003–04 | 25,969 |
(74)Part year
All expenditure on official entertainment is made in accordance with published guidance on financial procedures and propriety, based on the principles set out in Government Accounting.
Special Advisers
Mr. Tyrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland on how many occasions between 31 March 2002 and 31 March 2003 his special advisers travelled abroad in an official capacity; what places were visited; and how much each visit cost. [207177]
Mrs. McGuire: I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 18 September 2003, Official Report, column 966W.
Staff Vacancies
Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department spent on advertising staff vacancies in (a) 2002 and (b) 2003. [209578]
Mrs. McGuire: The Scotland Office has not incurred any expenditure on advertising staff vacancies in 2002 or 2003.
Parliamentary Constituencies Order
Alistair Burt: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects draft Statutory Instrument SSI0710, laid on 14 December, to come into force. [207531]
Mr. Darling
[holding answer 10 January 2005]: The Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order will come into force the day after it is approved by Her
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Majesty in Council. As I said during Questions on 30 November 2004, Official Report, column 478, I hope the Order will be in force in February.
CABINET OFFICE
Cancelled Engagements
Mr. Gummer: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list the Ministerial engagements (a) out of London and (b) in London that he has cancelled since his appointment. [209216]
Mr. Milburn: There is no record kept of cancelled engagements in the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster's diary. When engagements have had to be cancelled, wherever possible we try to re-instate them at a later date. All engagements are subject to ministerial and parliamentary business.
Freedom of Information
John Mann: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what categories of information are available under Freedom of Information legislation that have not been provided in written parliamentary answers by his Department in the last three years [207822]
Mr. Miliband: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 24 January 2005, Official Report, column 140W, by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs (Christopher Leslie).
TRADE AND INDUSTRY
A3 Hindhead
Virginia Bottomley: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will place all papers relating to the advice given to Ministers in 2004 concerning the A3 at Hindhead in the Library. [209514]
Mr. Jamieson: I have been asked to reply.
We have no plans to do so at present.
Civil Servants
Malcolm Bruce:
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many civil servants in her Department work in the (a) Commercial Best Practice and Enterprise, (b) Maximising Potential in the Workplace, (c) Finance
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for Investment, (d) Strengthening Regional Economies and (e) Knowledge Transfer and Innovation unit, broken down by salary band. [210471]
Nigel Griffiths [holding answer 25 January 2005]: The approximate numbers of full-time equivalent staff expected to work in DTI HQ on the equivalent objectives at 31 March 2005 are as follows:
We do not have readily available this information broken down by salary band.
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