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We must be able to say when a tool has come to the end of its life and we need a new one, and we need to be able to keep the tools that we have up to date. That important process is missing.
However, the Government has also stated a longer-term, broader goal of getting the budget back into balance, and the date that it has put on that is broadly 2025.
We do not know whether that will be possible, but that research is being undertaken with the objective of aligning the release dates. The research is being done because it seems a worthwhile pursuit and there is an opportunity to bring the release dates closer together.
We would be grateful if the Scottish Government would provide an update on this work, together with implementation dates and detail on proposed monitoring arrangements.