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My apologies—I have focused on Fionna Kell. I do not know whether the others have anything to add. If not, I am happy to pass back to the convener.

Following on from that, is energy efficiency being promoted to people when they purchase homes? Do people who buy or rent properties have adequate information to judge the efficiency of their new homes?

On that train of thought, are consumers adequately informed and protected? For example, my colleague Monica Lennon referred to homes being built right now that will have to be retrofitted. Are buyers aware that further work will be required in the future?

We have talked about incentivising and giving people more information, and you have said that people who buy brand-new homes will be fairly well informed, but what about those in current properties that will require work? We have chatted about the need for an information campaign to maybe show people potential long-term savings or refer them to their house value, which might decrease over time if they have not had such work done. Is there anything else that should be included in an information campaign?

You touched on the subject of my next question, which is about how people will be helped to decide whether they would be better off volunteering to move to ADP. You mentioned independent advice about award transfers. Will that advice be given by Social Security Scotland or will people be signposted to another advice service?

In relation to the case transfer communication strategy, which we discussed earlier, can the minister advise how this will be evaluated over time to ensure that it is working as planned? Following on from that, will statistics be published breaking down which elements of clients’ awards change following the post-transfer review? For example, will it be transparent how many people are losing out or gaining from this move?

Good morning. Will you expand on the plans for tailored communication as part of the support that will be available for people who transfer from DLA to ADP?

You have touched this morning on some of the matters that are impacting on the forecasts and will continue to do so, such as inflation, Scottish Government spending and the cost of living crisis. Can you advise how uncertain those forecasts are, and can you expand on any other areas that may impact the forecasts?

Absolutely. Thank you; I have no further questions on this theme.

That is extremely helpful.

One of the areas of uncertainty is UK Government funding, and we can see in the report that the Scottish Government’s funding from the UK Government falls in the period up to 2024-25, and that capital funding is decreasing over the next three years. I understand that social security funding works a little bit differently and that we receive BGAs based on UK payments, but that means that the UK Government’s decisions on social security will dramatically impact the Scottish Government’s position. Claire Murdoch, you touched on that earlier, so can you expand on how the SFC considers the impacts on forecasts depending on the level of spending from the UK Government?