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We have just started a process to rewrite that to take account of changing circumstances. The new national transport strategy, rapid economic growth in the area and the proposed low-emission zone in Edinburgh will all have an influence on the regional transport strategy.
The concept is that, if such frameworks are set up properly, they can take account of the differing needs of different parts of the country or of projects of different sizes.
It is vital that the report “The Patient Voice: an analysis of personal accounts of prescribed drug dependence and withdrawal submitted to petition in Scotland and Wales”, which was published in October 2018, be taken into account.
Are people who receive those benefits aware that they will now be accountable to the DWP and that their relationship with HMRC will change to become a relationship with the DWP?
You identify in the report a need for a senior owner for each objective to be held accountable for delivery. What parts of Government ought to take responsibility for specific objectives?
Even within the DWP, for various reasons, teams do not share information with each other, which can mean that a person’s entire circumstances are not taken into account. The digital issue is very important.
We have just let a contract in the past two or three weeks, after a competitive process with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, to review every year a sample of audits carried out on my behalf and the Accounts Commission’s behalf.