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To ask the Scottish Government what it has done to encourage high street and retail banks operating in Scotland to offer a free, basic bank account service.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
31 August 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what proposals it has to replace the role of the Bank of England in relation to banknotes issued by private Scottish banks in an independent Scotland.
Employment Injury Assistance
The Scottish Government plan to replace industrial injuries benefits with ‘Employment Injury Assistance’ although a definite start date and detailed policy have yet to be announced.
Eligible people are identified by Social Security Scotland using DWP lists of those receiving carer’s allowance at a Scottish address on the qualifying dates.
That happened in the summer of 2015—as you will recall from the Auditor General’s previous answers, the system as a whole was initially expected to go live in September 2014, so Police Scotland did not see it until some nine months after the original go-live date. During the course of the programme, dates slipped.
With regard to the maths review, we raised a number of concerns about the fact that that took place over the summer holidays, which meant that the teachers who engaged in that process were giving up their holidays to be involved.