Whether it will provide separate single-purpose entitlement cards for those individuals who do not wish to have a multi-purpose entitlement…

The Scottish Government has no plans to issue a separate single purpose entitlement card.
There is no compulsion for anyone in Scotland to use a multi-application card, i.e. a number of entitlements on one card. They can, if they wish, choose to have a card which functions only as a travel card, i.e. single entitlement, rather than the full multi-application card.
However, the national entitlement card helps deliver the Scotland-wide free bus travel scheme to older and disabled Scots as well as the young persons concessionary travel scheme. Both these schemes are national schemes and therefore there needs to be a national card which is recognised and works as an electronic ticket across Scotland. In order to be recognised by the different bus companies across the country the card’s appearance and technology needs to be the same as the multi-application cards.