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The natural history of that is that the ONS had the methodology, but we required 25,000 house visits a week to do the testing. That was provided by a clinical research organisation that had had to lay off its staff because we were not doing clinical trials.
When universal credit was being rolled out, I visited a number of third sector and local authority projects that put in place a lot of intensive support because, as you know, people had to use online tools to register, search and so on.
I have repeatedly told the committee that I am happy to come back as often as you want me to—with five visits, I think that I qualify for a frequent flyer pass—and I would also hope that UK Government ministers would be happy to give evidence, as I have done to House of Lords committees in great detail and at great length.
I suggest that we also include prisons in the scope of our inquiry. I visited Barlinnie relatively recently and experienced the mental health crisis in the midst of our prison system.
These costs will not be recurring, as training of new recruits will be updated to include the changes in the Bill. 26. There will be costs for Police Scotland associated with making an application for an FGM Protection Order.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport will next visit Stranraer. I am happy to confirm that I plan to visit Stranraer in the New Year.
We have emphasised our commitment to that process on several occasions, most recently on 26 January, when the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills responded to Mr Whitfield’s question about our latest discussions with the UK Government.