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Decision on taking business in private, Scottish Budget 2023-24, National Strategy for Economic Transformation, Scottish Budget 2023-24, National Strategy for Economic Transformation, UK Infrastructure Bank Bill (UK Parliament legislation).
In order to be additional, while the Bank will seek full market returns in some circumstances, in will inevitably in some circumstances need to look for lower and/or longer-term returns than the private sector would for specific risks, accepting a lower overall return and engaging in activity the private sector on its own would not have the appetite for.
S5W-35204 Liz Smith: To ask the Scottish Government whether it still anticipates its deposit return scheme will be operational by July 2022. S5W-35205 Liz Smith: To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of the current economic situation, and whether this will have any impact on the implementation date of July 2022 for its deposit return scheme.
Labour market statistics for Scotland by disability (January to December 2022) show that in 2022, an estimated 436,400 disabled people aged 16 to 64 were in employment.
Scottish National Investment Bank To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish national investment bank will have the power to refuse to lend to commercially viable businesses that it considers operate against its public-purpose missions.
We are now two years old, having been set up in April 2022. We are very pleased with the progress that we are making, although there is obviously still further progress that we wish to make.
Delivering an additional benefit by the end of 2022, within the lifetime of the current Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan, will be a challenge, but one we believe is well worth it in order to pursue our bold ambitions to reduce child poverty.