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The Department also said it was now trying to really think about its portfolio of programmes as a whole and that a lot of the issues concerning NLEDS are relevant elsewhere; not just the way of working with the police, but also issues to do with capability, governance, leadership and skills.64 It said that, with the benefit of hindsight, it was aware that it needs to constantly consider its total level of ambition – that sometimes it would have to descope or in fact say “No, we are not able to do this particular shiny thing right now. We are going to have to wait until we have freed up some resource from other things.”65 61 Q 74 62 Q 17 63 Q 34 64 Q 75 65 Q 76 18 The National Law Enforcement Data Programme