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On page 10, there is a chart entitled“Performance and Best Value reports”.I see that, over the three years, the number of reports goes down from 27 to 26 and then 20. Is that due to resource issues?
There is nothing in the report to indicate that there has been any transfer of knowledge, any sharing of best practice or any adopting of a standardised approach.
We have heard from people that there are impediments to transferring resources and power to local bodies, whether they be community councils or others.
They are here, but they have been terrible performers. ScotRail purchased 26 of them, but I do not think that there has been a day when more than 13 of them have been in service, so they have been poor value for money for us.
Alternatively, we could say that we have some people who are waiting for 26 weeks or a year, which is not acceptable, so we will focus on those specialties.