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It sounds horrible, but the banks have just ignored older people and have said, “Well, they’re going to die anyway, so we don’t have to spend much time on them.”
Do we need to look at something else that will support that shift and the transfer of responsibility, I suppose, from the parent and state to the child?
To ask the Scottish Government how many community asset transfers there have been since the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 came into force, and how this compares with previous numbers.
I also gave a firm commitment to provide average waiting times for people, and that is all on the website. Anyone who visits the website will see the banner.
The Government has promised to engage constructively on the transfer of responsibilities. Let me quote from the “Scottish Ferry Services: Ferries Plan (2013-2022)”.
It reflects the answer to a letter that I wrote to the Scottish Football Association and the SPFL about one individual’s transfer and payment, although there are several other cases.
It is not therefore possible to estimate how many deaths of persons domiciled in Scotland who die abroad each year will result in additional fatal accident inquiries, though numbers are expected to be very low.