The Treasury told us that having the right skills and capabilities in place is “a really critical lesson” highlighted by the NAO’s report. It acknowledged that these skills are currently “patchy across government”.61 The relevant specialist skills for responding to company distress situations are concentrated mainly at the centre of government.62 The Treasury told us that its special situations team, UKGI and the Cabinet Office were the “three pockets in the centre” that held the “expertise and experience in both the framework and the practice of how this all works.”63 UKGI told us that its special situations team of 18 has a total of 225 years of experience of financial distress, and has been involved in over 200 cases where distressed companies had approached government in the last six years.64 We also heard how these three central teams are “more in the restructuring business” as they have become trusted by companies who “tell us stuff confidentially so we can be part of the solution”.65