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Can you say why it took five months to recruit a new member of staff? We have some administrative links with the Scottish Executive justice department, which provides some services.
We will be looking to finish at the end of October, or at the latest, the beginning of November. Obviously, that will be dictated by the number of people we call to provide oral evidence.
That is why, in the second part of my speech, I will concentrate on skills development and training. The latest publication from Future Skills Scotland shows that there were 5,500 vacancies in banking, 58 per cent of which were hard to fill.