Ms Sheila Pratschke:

In recent years, as we have developed our ten-year strategy - we are in the middle of the first three-year plan part of it - we have gradually introduced new elements. Those elements the Chairman mentioned, such as funding directed towards areas of deprivation, geographic spread, gender balance and so on have become gradually integrated into our decision-making process. This approach needs to be further formalised but it certainly forms part of our thinking. One can see from our past decisions that there is widespread funding throughout the country.