Question reference: S5W-34165
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 18 December 2020
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Current status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 23 December 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, how much money it expects will be required to support the coach and bus sector throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and, further to its announcement on 9 December 2020 of a support fund for operators, whether it will confirm how much has been allocated to this fund; how many operators it estimates will require access to it, and what modelling it used to determine this; when the fund will be open for applications; what the application process will be, and by what date the first payments will be made.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-34152 on 23 December 2020. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx