Whether citizen's accounts will exist only for those individuals who have chosen to apply for an entitlement card or for all citizens in Sc…

Citizen’s accounts containing basic, non-transactional information will be created for all citizens in Scotland. However, each account will only be enabled and used with the informed consent of the citizen. This is the point at which transactional data will be generated in respect of the different services that a person uses or is entitled to.
The citizen’s account will support a number of local and national entitlements, with the first national entitlement being the Scotland-wide free bus scheme in April 2006.