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You have worked back on the basis of that. You made an assumption and calculated a figure based on it.

What assumption have you made about the size of the public sector workforce as a result of the budget constraints and using that number of 3 per cent?

Is that about 7,000?

It feels pretty major. You have not taken account of a policy objective in any of that. Previously, the Scottish Government set out a policy objective in the resource spending review. It is your understanding that that has been abandoned. In essence, you have had some media reports, so you have just gone with your assumptions on the numbers.

The budget for economic and scientific advice, published yesterday, has almost doubled in two years. Do you get a cut of that?

Does that represent an increasing cost for the Scottish Government for that advice? In some respects, this takes us back to our previous conversation about budget scrutiny. I just wonder about your budget and the flex that you need to do your work.

Was there a reason why the Government did not provide that?

What percentage of the overall budget is pay?

That is my understanding.

You requested a pay policy from the Government. You said that that was one of your requirements but the Government did not provide you with a policy or an indication as to what it was doing on pay.

By when?