Mr. David Gunning:

I will draw my attention to your question as soon as I can, Vice Chairman. The committee asked us to provide the information categorised in a particular way. The contract, unfortunately, does not mirror the form in which the committee has asked for the information. We have tried to provide the information in a way we think is legible and understandable. Most claims have an extension-of-time element. They also have a compensation element. I have set this out in the first table I have provided, where Members will see the total number of claims at 1,393. They will see there are eight extension-of-time claims. Those are extension-of-time claims only. There is no other dimension to what the contractor is claiming. There are eight with the employer's representative and four that are just notifications. Thirty claims in total relate purely to extension of time.

I can go through the other table in a bit more detail if you like, Vice Chairman. It relates to construction price inflation. It details three specific claims, and Members will see that one of them is currently with the employer's representative to be determined, one is with the project board and one sits in conciliation. Separately, in respect of scope changes and provisional sums, we have a total of 1,314 claims. The vast majority of claims are in that category, and Members will see how they are laid out. There are 179 pending a determination and 275 have just been notified. This is in real time and as of 31 May. There are 410 with the project board and 448 in conciliation. Two have been conciliated and have resulted in notices of dissatisfaction, which stays the conciliator's decision. That adds up to the total of 1,314. There are a number of other claims. Determination has been issued in respect of 39. Again, this is in real time, so they are within the 28-day period during which the contractor may or may not accept them. We do not know. That is as of right now. Then there are two claims in the category relating to the sectoral employment order. That involves the hiring of a fire consultant by the contractor. There are other employer's claims. There are six in total in that categorisation. We bring all that to 1,393 claims.

The other pages give detail on the amounts of money associated with the 1,393 claims and so on.