Mr. Bernard Gloster:

On assessments of need, the plan is to max out the staff we have to try to get as many assessments done as we can. We recruited more staff last year and we are continuing to recruit stuff. Clearly, that will not meet the demand we have and while we are waiting for other reforms in disability and increasing supply and staff, yesterday I confirmed that we use private capacity to do assessments. I met the young advocate Cara Darmody and her dad yesterday. She told me that she believed we are not using all the private sector capacity available or that we are too slow in using it. I have agreed to go back widely to the market of private providers to see what suitable skilled people are there to provide assessments privately. Whatever is there, subject to it meeting quality tests, we will use that and we will rely on that for as long as we can to get as many assessments done as possible.