Mr. Bernard Gloster:

It was set at the start of the year in the service plan, before I came into post. The complement was set to grow by that number. To be fair, a lot of those people are involved in front-line work and services. I would not want to be disparaging of their role. Unfortunately, we have exceeded that number because of an absence of control. I am very honest about that. Now that I have introduced the control, I am experiencing quite a significant amount of criticism for it. The management administrative grades are at very significant numbers. Other than in a situation where services are growing exponentially, I do not envisage those numbers increasing significantly going into next year.