Ms Caroline Timmons:

Earlier, we spoke about the new youth homelessness strategy, which, obviously, will be a big part of addressing that particular issue. This does not mean it is not already being addressed at some level on the ground. Members will be aware that as a person exits care at the age of 18, he or she is supposed to have follow-on care plan up to the age of 23 if he or she is still in education. The person's social worker and guardian ad litemare supposed to make that follow-on the care plan. The aspect of housing should be part of that. If the person coming out of care needs accommodation, then prior to leaving care he or she should already been linked in with the local authority and an application should have been made on their behalf. At the local authority level, we have tools to link them in with the supports they require. There is quite a bit of good work there, but this does not mean that we have it all figured out. We absolutely acknowledge that the development of the youth homelessness strategy will be very important to make sure there are no gaps in what we are doing, to make sure that everybody is on the same page, and that a collaborative focus is brought to what needs to be done. Good work is going on but we certainly will be drawing it altogether so it is more obvious by way of the strategy, and we will be seeing if anything else needs to be brought into that. Perhaps Ms Hayes would like to add to that.