Ms Oonagh Buckley:

The last time we were asked for those figures, approximately 65% of the files had been on hand for more than 18 weeks. At present, there are something of the order of 900 decisions in respect of which reports have been done by our inspectors. It has moved to board level, so that is one backlog. Separately, we have a large number of files with the inspectorate. Many of those have been assigned to inspectors to report on but others have yet to be even assigned. There is a large swathe of files going through at both levels that need to be addressed.