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When I announced the investment of an additional £8.9 million for police recruitment in May 2000, the number of police officers stood at 14,699. The latest available figures show an increase over that period of 413 to 15,112.
If you wait six weeks, you will be into the new financial year. If John Spencely's report drifts—and I think that it will have to—you will have to wait until the new Auditor General takes up his post on 1 April.
The next heading is the "Scottish Commissioner for Public Appointments". Do members want to invite the new commissioner to give us a briefing following their appointment?
I have given evidence three times to the Treasury Select Committee of the House of Commons on the new spending review process and public service agreements.