Ms Jackie Harrington:

We issued an information note to community welfare officers twice during 2014 on this question. We implemented a document - I think it was the national tenancy sustainment framework document - that we issued to community welfare service staff in January 2015. The type of information or advice we gave on that was to be aware of the local properties in the area, to measure the request in the context of similar properties in the area, once it is reasonable, to establish that the person is not under immediate threat of homelessness or loss of tenancy and, again, to have regard to the needs of the family and the household composition. That is a flavour of the document and by its nature, it is difficult to prescribe discretion. However, we have advised officers to be aware of similar properties in the area, of what is the market rent for other areas and to take this into account when making their decision. At this point in time-----