Scotland Office: Public Relations

Scotland Office written question – answered at on 6 July 2017.

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Photo of Deidre Brock Deidre Brock Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Devolved Government Relations), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Fair Work and Employment), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Northern Ireland)

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the cost to the public purse was of his Department's communications team in the most recent financial year for which figures are available.

Photo of David Mundell David Mundell The Secretary of State for Scotland

The cost of the communications team at the Scotland Office was £686,166.29 in 2016-17.

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