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As well as that resource and capacity, is it also about leadership, if you are talking about “downward pressure” on front-line workers?

Is it the view of you and your members that something needs to change but that that should not mean another layer of difference or complexity?

Louise Storie, can I come to you now?

Thank you. That is helpful.

I would like to ask about transitions within university and college and on leaving, which Anne-Marie Sturrock started to speak about. Can you say a bit more about how young people are supported in college? We heard some evidence about the need for flexibility, for example, when young people start a course that is not quite for them. What can colleges do to support them in that situation? You started to speak about the transition out of college and into the world of work or university.

I would be really interested in hearing about that, so perhaps you could send us a note after the meeting.

What is happening now in that regard?

I am sorry to interrupt. You used the word “competing”. Are the policy drivers competing, or is it more the case that everything is a bit cluttered?

I totally understand what you are saying about the complexity of policy and guidance and that perhaps adding to them might not be helpful. What is it about the complexity of policy specifically that gets in the way of there being better outcomes for disabled children and young people?

Thank you. I now come to Fiona Whelan.

Fiona, can I just make sure that I heard you right? Did you say that universities will begin working with a young person in the summer before they attend in September?