Mr. Kevin Bakhurst:

I thank the Deputy for his comments. I appreciate them.

So far, out of deference to staff, we have not given a running commentary on that, but we are pleased to give the Deputy the numbers he asked for in detail. We had a total 308 applications in the end, after a number who initially applied pulled out. We made 107 offers. We have had 65 acceptances of those voluntary exit offers for either severance or retirement and three offers are outstanding, so the acceptance rate was approximately 63% of the offers made. On top of that, it is important not just to focus on the voluntary exit scheme. As part of the up to 400 figure, we have always clearly said we were looking at retirements and resignations and suppressing those roles. In many ways, that is the most important way in which to save costs, because when people retire or resign, we do not have to pay them to go. No public money is spent on them going, but we make savings if we suppress the roles.