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There needs to be closer working. The Scottish Investment Bank is an amazing asset, but companies are not using it—indeed, they may not even be aware of it.
There were 11,055 reported strokes in Scotland in 2022, which is an increase on 2021. The latest data from the year ending 31 March 2022 reported 3,836 deaths in which cerebrovascular disease, including stroke, was the underlying cause.
It sets out how we will deliver on the priority actions that are set out in “Best Start, Bright Futures—Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2022-2026”, which was published in March 2022, with a key focus on long-term parental employment support, increased social security and measures to reduce household costs.
This should include the better planning of renewals work with the creation of more stable work banks, together with conditionality on contracts that mandates the creation of better, more secure jobs that accumulate and retain skills in Scotland.
Lloyds Banking Group Dunfermline (Closure) I am sure that the First Minister is aware of the surprise announcement by Lloyds Banking Group concerning the closure in 2026 of its base in Dunfermline, which currently employs 1,500 people.
Douglas Lumsden: To ask the Scottish Government what assurances it has received that the Scottish National Investment Bank is supporting its ambition to create a wellbeing economy, in light of there not being an advisory board in place.
As the Scottish Government has taken over responsibility for more devolved payments and introduced additional payments of its own such as the Scottish Child Payment, our work on social security spending has grown. Since 2022, we have also expanded our work on other areas of spending.