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There is a recognition that these are new costs. We provided set-up costs to local authorities of around £2 million to help them get themselves ready for the start of the new fund.
The quality improvement framework will support that. New staff, recruited by the Care Inspectorate to take up roles in this new area, will be upskilled in delivering in the child contact services environment and will have an understanding of domestic abuse and its impacts.
12:00 We now have more technology on the bridge than ever before, and some of it is the latest technology, designed for the issues identified on the Forth road bridge.