Ms Mary Hayes:

We are very close to all local authorities agreeing to a inter-local authority protocol. The protocol is there, the draft was there, there was a meeting this morning but I was not there so I cannot actually answer for sure. I know that we were very close to agreeing it. Some of that has just been the working out of who is doing what, who is doing the estate management checks, how it is working and some level of balance between how it is operating. However, I am very confident that, following this morning's meeting, it has probably been agreed.