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Written Question · S4W-04989 · Session 4

What action it is taking to promote greater financial inclusion and capability.

Answered Asked by Patricia Ferguson Lab Lodged 13 Jan 2012

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to promote greater financial inclusion and capability.

The answer

Answered by Michael Matheson on 26 Jan 2012 · 13 days after it was lodged, on time

Financial inclusion and financial capability are a matter for local authorities, who are best placed to assess local need for services and put in place appropriate provision. The Scottish Government provides national infrastructure and support which it would be inefficient to organise at a local level, for example training for debt advisors, the Healthier Wealthier Children project and the Financial Learning Online Scotland website for financial capability practitioners.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S4W-04989 by reference.