Mr. Robert Watt:

We are aware that in a number of areas, particularly within the health area, it is extremely difficult to forecast demands and it is extremely difficult to forecast spending. I think that is something we have debated here previously. The Comptroller and Auditor General has set out in the reports that for some time now we have had very difficult issues in terms of budget execution and keeping close to profile for health. So clearly within the spending review allocations for health there is a much greater challenge to keep the outturns close to the profile and I think the Minister has been upfront about that.

It is interesting to look at the review we did in 2011. If the Deputy looks at the allocations for Departments for 2012, 2013 and 2014 compared with the outturns, most Departments actually stayed fairly close over the three-year period. In the last year of the period, which was 2014, there was slightly more slippage, but generally the majority of Departments were able to plan with much more certainty both in terms of the cash-----