Dr. Graham Love:

We do have a very wide remit and, to pick up on one of the Deputy's points straight away, the system of accountability is growing in respect of expectations and standards. I stress that the sector is making significant improvement. I say this within 12 days of getting familiarised with this brief and I have some experience in this regard from my previous roles. The sector is moving along and responding accordingly.

Regarding the Deputy's point about staff, I have been passed a note to the effect that we currently have 61.65 posts out of our ceiling of 63 under the employment control framework, ECF, as it is called. We feel we are generally in the right zone regarding the staff we have. If additional responsibilities become apparent to us - who knows what the funding review implementation will reveal in terms of our responsibilities - we will not be shy about looking for additional staff.