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In that case, you also accept that there is an issue around accountability and lines of responsibility. It is therefore a question of what you will do to change what is happening now in order to ensure that those required outcomes are achieved.

I will ask more questions about that in a second. Page 5 of our Scottish Parliament information centre briefing shows the proportion of the population that has received the vaccine. Pretty much all the way down the line there is a discrepancy between those who got dose 1 and those who got dose 2. It is a not insignificant discrepancy, overall. Why is that?

Ah. It is a private paper. It shows that, by local authority area, there is a discrepancy of a few percentage points between take-up of dose 1 and take-up of dose 2. Did you encounter that during your audit? Did you note that?

Has that impact assessment been published yet?

I detect a certain amount of uncertainty in your responses over whether everybody understands their roles and responsibilities. Perhaps one of the issues is that the community justice partners still remain accountable through their usual accountability arrangements. Does that create an issue?

Actually, I would like clarification on something first.

You mention in the briefing paper that vaccines were allocated according to the Barnett formula, so I presume that they were allocated on a population basis. Were there any issues with that, given the fact that Scotland has different demographics and, therefore, different priorities for the volume of vaccine that would be needed at any particular time? Was that taken into account in any way and did you note whether any issues arose from it?

I turn to some of the points that Willie Coffey raised. Exhibit 4 contains some fairly detailed information, the source of which is, I understand, Public Health Scotland. Given our previous experience with data, are you comfortable that the figures are accurate?

Given that we want everybody to understand fully where they are and what they do and to work together cohesively, would Community Justice Scotland benefit from additional powers to support its role—for example, powers that would enable it to drive a more strategic approach to planning—and create a better, more disciplined line of accountability?

Yes, I will ask about roles and accountability. In particular, I draw the witnesses’ attention to paragraph 9 of the Auditor General’s briefing and the first bullet point under paragraph 13. That bullet point is the first priority that the Auditor General lists, which is that the Scottish Government needs to consider

“Whether all stakeholders involved in the planning and delivery of community justice have a shared understanding of lines of accountability and areas of responsibility.”

Do they?

Do you believe that the individual stakeholders involved have a common understanding of their responsibilities and roles?