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Local post office staff often go beyond the job and help with form filling; they know their customers, for whom they may be the only contact that an individual makes during the day or, indeed, the week.
As ever, my colleagues and I are happy to answer any questions that the committee may have. There are clearly some serious issues, with implications for not only the short term but the long term.
Nevertheless, the money is a substantial boost to the public coffers at a time of difficulty and constraint.The SNP Government may already have spent the money in anticipation of its release—indeed, I suspect that that may be the case.
Of course, that has been built up subsequently. My colleagues may be able to shed more light on the extent to which that is a problem inherited over many years.