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I make it very clear that when these cases can be taken up, they are, and that when a case can be pursued to a final outcome in the court, that is what happens. Are we conscious of any extra effort that could be made? I think that extra effort is already being made.
As I said, the costs of development of the programme of education are already covered within existing budgets. We do not anticipate significant extra cost, because the module will be made available online.
The two contracts—for the Highlands and Islands and the rest of Scotland—have a target to provide 95 per cent access. Aberdeenshire Council has put in extra money to make sure that the figure reaches 99 per cent in its area.
We produce a series of documents called “How councils work”, which effectively taps into Audit Scotland’s enormous bank of knowledge, expertise and experience. There is no extra work; it is a matter of summarising what is already there.