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I am unsure whether it was a procedural or operational failure. I cannot get the answer to that; I cannot get the full picture from the local authority or the SPSO.
As I said, I am confident that we will get there, but I picked that example because it shows that I cannot sit here and promise that, by the time we get to 31 March, all the ambers will be green.
In the eyes of the law, we cannot just let someone get away with it because they will get upset, because, if that was the case, we would have to review the whole system.
I dare say that that will play a huge part in any future discussions on future activity. Decision makers have a huge role to play in delivering getting it right for every child.
I think that, ultimately, that is where committees and the Parliament want to get to; it is certainly where I want to get to, so that there is transparency right across Government.