§ Mr. PopeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many officials in her Department have received honours; and how many honours are held by her officials, broken down by category of honour. [111497]
§ Mrs. LiddellThe Scotland Office was established in its present form on 1 July 1999. Since that date, one member of staff (now retired) was appointed as a CBE. One recently retired member of staff and one current member of staff hold honours awarded before the Department was established: one at OBE and one at MBE.