Ms Anne O'Connor:

The 5 million was part of both our winter plan and our NSP. It is worth noting that, in our mid-year NSP review, we have reduced that down to 3.5 million additional hours on top of the base budget of 19 million because of the surge. We have now delivered more than 2 million and expect to deliver the 3.5 million by the end of the year. On home support, it is worth flagging, although it may already be known to the Deputy, that we have a significant challenge in recruiting home support workers, as do many of the agencies we fund. It is a serious challenge for us and is impacting on our ability to spend the available budget. We will have delivered 3.5 million of the just under 5 million extra hours that were funded as part of the NSP.