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PE1866_C Scottish Government submission dated 21 October 2021.
Scottish Government submission dated 21 October 2021 in relation to PE1866: Introduce legislation to improve bus travel for wheelchair users .
What assurances can you give us that Scottish citizens who invest in the bank will be given the same safeguards that they would have if they banked with another bank?
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been delivered by the Scottish National Investment Bank this year to support economic recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic, and whether it will provide a breakdown of how this has been allocated.
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Date answered:
2 November 2018
The Scottish Government has not approved any applications to join the Scottish Letting Agent Register where the applicant has declared that they hold or handle client money but they do not have a dedicated client bank account. The Scottish Government does not intend to approve such applications until this important requirement has been met.
Although we welcome the additional funding that the Scottish Government has allocated to date, there needs to be more. Last week, Scottish Labour called for the underspend to go towards funding local authorities, but that was dismissed by SNP ministers.
As the committee might know, after the 2022 act was passed, we published the administrative scheme that underpins the 2022 act, and an information leaflet is available through National Services Scotland, which administers the scheme on our behalf.