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Home Office

Answer

Annabelle Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many official inter-ministerial meetings his Department has held with the Scottish Executive since May 1999, broken down by (a) Scottish Executive department, (b) subject and (c) date. [83584] Mr. Bob Ainsworth: [holding answer 27 November 2002]: As far as records show the following meetings have been held between Home Office and Scottish Executive Ministers since May 1999: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Home Office Minister Scottish Executive Minister Subject discussed Date Bob Ainsworth lain Gray (then Deputy Justice Drugs policy 18 September 2001 Minister) Bob Ainsworth Richard Simpson (then Deputy Drugs policy 26 March 2002 Justice Minister) Beverley Hughes Margaret Curran (Minister for Various issues relating to 11-12 September 2002 Social Justice) asylum seekers in Scotland Lord Falconer Colin Boyd (Lord Advocate) and Prison population, Effective 15 November 2002 Elish Angiolini (Solicitor sentences, persistent General) offenders, bail and enforcement of warrants and fines _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

83584; 395 c874-6W;395 c872-4W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Devolution Government departments Home Office Scotland Scottish Executive

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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