Mr. Mike Allen:

The Deputy is referring to cases where our assessment is made that there is no longer any need for case management support. In good practice that decision would be made by the funder, which would be the local authority and the health board, and by the direct provider, which would be an organisation like ourselves, or the Peter McVerry Trust or Simon. It is also an absolute principle of Housing First that it would be done along with the individual person. While I have not come across it that often, most commonly we get a sense that local authorities and health boards would say that people are being supported for longer than they actually need and that we should back off and let the person have his or her independence. It is hard to say without specifics. In another case, withdrawal of support might be to do with health and safety issues or other forms of risk which can arise and have arisen. If it is just withdrawing the support because the person has met the settlement indicators, this must be done in collaboration with the tenant.