Ms Tina Donaghy:

If I may respond, I disagree. If we do receive large numbers of nominations at a time, it is because we probably have a new development to let. If a development of 20, 30 or 40 units at a time is being let, a level of refusals is being planned for various reasons. That is the reason, on occasion, that we would be sent a list of names to allow for any slippage or refusals. We work in partnership with the local authority. We work, not only to house people but also to meet their needs, not only now but into the future. We look at tenancy sustainment issues and whether people are best placed to create a new community, so to speak, so that there will be cohesion within the community and rather than putting people together who are going to cause conflict. We work in partnership with the local authority. I have examples from my own organisation where we have saved nominations that we thought possibly might not be able to sustain a tenancy in an environment independently. We work with the local authority, accept the nomination and the referral, and work with it to sustain tenancies. Sometimes they do not succeed but we work with the local authority as well to find an alternative that will succeed.