What its estimate is of the Scottish small-business banking share of (a) the Royal Bank of Scotland and (b) HBOS in August 2008; (c) the Ro…

Answered Asked by Wendy Alexander Lab Lodged 9 Nov 2009

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what its estimate is of the Scottish small-business banking share of (a) the Royal Bank of Scotland and (b) HBOS in August 2008; (c) the Royal Bank of Scotland and (d) Lloyds Banking Group in August 2009, and (e) the Royal Bank of Scotland and (f) Lloyds Banking Group post disposals required by the European Commissioner for Competition Policy.

The answer

Answered by John Swinney on 27 Nov 2009 · 18 days after it was lodged, 4 days after it was due

The SME Access to Finance survey indicated that the small-business banking shares at the time of the survey undertaken in March-April 2009 were (a) the Royal Bank of Scotland, 40% (b) HBOS, 28% and (c) Lloyds Banking Group, 7.5%.
Information is not available on small business banking shares post disposals for the Royal Bank of Scotland or Lloyds Banking Group as these disposals have not taken place.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-28789 by reference.