Ms Helen Faughnan:

It is a balancing act within the Department. We are responsible for minding taxpayers' money and ensuring that it is used for legitimate purposes, but we could work with the tenant. This is where Threshold, which is an advocate on behalf of the tenant, comes in. It can work with the tenant and the landlord. In some cases it might mean that the tenant needs to move. There is quite an amount of churn in rent supplement payments. Of the new tenants that came in this year, approximately 60% were moving address as a result of churn within the system. We will keep that under review and provide the committee with information they can use to inform their constituents.