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I am pleased to see the investment by the Scottish Government in free bus travel for under-22s from January 2022. That will make bus travel accessible for all, reducing the barriers created by the cost of fares, and it should increase bus patronage.
(S4F-02040) The Trussell Trust reports that 71,000 people used food banks in the past financial year, which is a fivefold increase on the previous year, and that more than 17,000 children have received assistance from food banks.
The next wave of those results, in early 2022, will go into some detail about partnership working in the longer term, what has changed since the emergency funding has dried up and so on.
I will not look for further answers on that point just now, but it would be good to be kept up to date with examples of stakeholders being able to see across the Government.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 November 2013
The vessel replacement plan, as set out in Appendix 1, of the Scottish Ferry Services: Ferries Plan 2013 -2022 was based on future known requirements at the time of publication.
The letter might have been forwarded to them because they have just moved, or the address might be a holiday home and they just use it for convenience or whatever.
She was prosecuted and fined £1,000 or £1,500 or whatever but, as she worked for a bank, she had put her livelihood in jeopardy because she had abused trust.
We all know that that is difficult in these tough times and that the banks—which mainly take decisions in London rather than Scotland, and certainly not locally any more—will not allow borrowing to pay up front for some developments.