Ian Murray

67650 • Scotland Office: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of procurement contracts were awarded to UK companies in the 2024-25 financial year.

66264 • Scotland Office: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he is taking steps to increase the number of apprenticeships within his Department.

66624 • Scotland Office: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing specific (a) Sikh and (b) Jewish options for a person’s ethnic group in data collection conducted by his Department.

65378 • Fishing Vessels: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of (a) UK-flagged and (b) EU member state-flagged fishing vessels were subject to port inspections in in Scotland in the last 12 months.

64759 • Devolution: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether funding will be made available to devolved Governments under the Barnett formula from the NHS England Ten Year Plan.

64672 • Scotland Office: Remote Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff in his Department have permission to work remotely outside the UK; and in which countries those staff are based.

905061 • Employers' Contributions: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions on businesses in Scotland.

905062 • Tourism: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on trends in the level of tourism in Scotland.

63979 • Scotland Office: Remote Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on equipment for civil servants to work from home in each of the last three years.

63641 • Flags: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department has had recent discussions with local authorities in Scotland on the Union Flag.

63642 • Flags: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of public bodies not adopting Government guidance on the Union Flag on national cohesion.

63643 • Flags: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking to promote the Union Flag as a symbol of unity.

63645 • Flags: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what information his Department holds on the number of local authorities in Scotland which fly the Union Flag on public buildings.

63646 • Flags: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what support his Department provides to local authorities in Scotland to encourage the flying of the Union Flag.

63695 • Trade Agreements: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal on Scotland.

63861 • Gender Recognition: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Court of Session’s judgment on the Petition of the Scottish Ministers for Judicial Review of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, published on 8 December 2023.

64447 • Block Grant: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of a reduction in spending on asylum would have on the Scottish Government's block grant.

64448 • Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments Bill on the Scottish Government's block grant.

63227 • Scottish Government: China and Japan

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions his Department had with the Scottish Government on the planned visits of the Scottish Government's (a) Minister for Business and Employment to China and Japan in April 2025 and (b) Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care to Japan in June 2025.

61936 • Offshore Industry: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on support for oil and gas workers in Scotland.