Mr. Hubert Loftus:

Our experience based on feedback from schools generally and from queries led to an effort by the Department to bring them together into a single list in order of county so that people could get a clear picture on a county-by-county basis of the current status of all large single projects. In terms of the terminology, at the end of the list it very clearly sets out that stage 1 is very much about the preliminary design; stage 2 is about the more developed sketch and detailed design; stage 3 is about tender action, evaluation and award; and stage 4 is about construction.