To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies spent on (i) recruitment consultants and (ii) external recruitment advertising to recruit staff in each of the last five financial years; which recruitment consultants were employed for those purposes in each of those years; and if he will make a statement. (226799)

The Scotland Office has incurred no costs on recruitment consultants in the last five years; in 2006-07, the Office spent £8,069 on recruitment advertising.