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One of the key messages from the analysis is that, despite the best potential Government mitigation, no-deal Brexit will result in a sharp shock to the economy and a fall in output.
I had the privilege of being the parliamentary liaison officer to Michael Matheson and her earlier in the parliamentary session. I wish her the very best and I congratulate him on his new post.
Is that part of the issue? How can we best help people to understand what they are entitled to, and make sure that the process is streamlined and efficient and that people are not being disappointed at what is already a very stressful time?
The idea that work experience should be for only one week was not widely seen as best practice. The best companies do more than that, offering opportunities outside school terms and at weekends, although that clearly does not work for all young people.
When we estimated a cost of £80 million back in 2016, we were in the very early stages of negotiation on national bargaining. We did a best estimate based on the information that we had at the time.