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We are taking things forward just now, so we are not sticking to rigid dates. I presume that you are talking about the budget allocation that has been made.
When will you be able to tell staff what the shape will be after 31 March? At the very outside, the date will be 31 March, but I suspect that things will evolve.
It will come into force in Britain at the same time as in the other member states, in the same schedule. I believe that the date is in 2006. I can check the details—I have the document with me—but, from memory, it will be in 2006.
A letter from the Minister for Justice, Mr Jim Wallace, dated October 2002, is relevant in this regard, but it did not clarify for me points that the committee raised in the report.
That has helped to secure the substantial funding—to date, in excess of £2.1 million—that is required to implement the work programmes.The initiative comprises several component projects.
My authority has made cuts of about £5 million a year for the past seven years. We have to date made cuts that have cropped £45 million from a budget of about £200 million.