To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the cost to his Department of (a) arranging for officials to be in attendance at the Scottish Grand Committee in Edinburgh on 24 February and (b) arranging for officials to be in attendance for Scottish Question Time in Westminster today, 26 February.

As Scottish Office officials in attendance at Scottish Grand Committee meetings in Edinburgh are deployed from other duties, my Department does not bear any significant extra costs in respect of their attendance. Officials attending Scottish Question Time do so in pursuit of their duties and, therefore, as a rule, extra costs are not involved.