Mr. David Kelly:

Yes. There are 90 separate projects and approximately 600 units. On the process itself, the aim is to balance an efficient approvals process with public value for money. There is an action in Housing for All for us to review those approval processes and make them as streamlined as possible. A working group was set up late last year with Mr. John O'Connor, a former chief executive of the Housing Agency, as chair. We were looking at de-risking potential delays and looking at providing funding for pre-application site assessment by local authorities to speed up that aspect. We were looking to support local authorities with the use of single-stage processes where possible.

There have been cases, I suppose, where local authorities have enjoyed the comfort of working through the four-stage process and the support provided by the Department and the technical team. Some local authorities have chosen to go through that four-stage process because it is a well understood system that is robust and provides a very thorough evaluation of the project. There is robust oversight of procurement and design. Some local authorities have chosen to continue using that.