If we are to be able to identify not just the impact in Scotland as a nation but how Scotland compares to other nations in the UK that are identified in the screen sector proposal, it is important to have a degree of coherence across UK-wide data gathering that allows for such comparisons to be drawn. Skills Development Scotland told us: “Skills Development Scotland, in partnership with Creative Scotland, has funded and commissioned a research programme to look at exactly what is going on within the company base of the screen sector and, much more significantly, what is going on within Scotland’s freelance workforce.”