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We could return to you with an accurate figure. The latest study shows that there is very little reoffending while people are on bail; the study gives a figure of 45 per cent.
The latest information that we have is that Disclosure Scotland is now turning around within three working days applications that are straightforward and do not have to be referred to police forces or elsewhere.It is difficult to estimate the total number of new applications that might be required.
You have heard some of the evidence that there has been a tendency to be defensive about allowing in new entrants or new products, however you want to describe them.
If we want our organisations to be exciting, we must take some risks and try new things. New plans do not always work, in music or in other businesses.
In the past year, the Government has not published a single new technical note on efficiencies—it seems odd in the grand scheme of things that not a single new idea has emerged from a Government that is so keen on efficient government.
The advantage of involving the private sector is that it provides new sources of ideas. Recently, I visited some prisons, including private finance prisons and publicly run prisons, and talked to prisoners, prison staff and managers.