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On that point, does the cabinet secretary accept that, as was reported on recently in The Herald, some of that work was done pre-2007 and that the baseline has moved?
We are saying that the proposed new ground for intervention is not evidenced in the piece of work that, ultimately, pre-empted all the changes in the bill.
We considered all the impact assessments, as we are required to do. There is a pre-process that we are required to undertake, which is to consider whether there should be an impact assessment.
That did not come about only as a result of Covid; it had built up over many years. You have pre-empted my final question, which was going to be about exactly that point.
Local delivery is the face to face channel of Social Security Scotland, providing pre- claim support to clients accessing the Scottish benefits system.
As Terry A’Hearn said, it includes much greater up-front, pre-application discussions, including consultation with communities at the pre-application stage and advice and help for operators to get the right information for the application so that we can assess it when it comes in.