To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of employees in his Department are (a) women and (b) men; and what the average hourly pay is of (i) male and (ii) female employees. (288603)

Staffing information containing the gender breakdown of the Scotland Office are published in the Office’s annual report; available in the House Library or on our website at:

http://www.scotlandoffice.gov.uk/scotlandoffice/10797.135.html

As all staff in the Scotland Office are on secondment from the Scottish Executive or the Ministry of Justice the Office reimburses those Departments for the costs involved. The Office does not maintain a record of the hourly pay of staff; such information is held by the parent Departments.