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There are a variety of reasons why an authority may retain financial contributions from developers, and the noble Lord, Lord Jamieson, referred to some of them. For example, the delivery of new on-site infrastructure may depend on certain trigger-points being reached during the build-out of new developments. Schools are a good example of this. I visited a site in Cambridge recently where the school was built, but it could not open because the numbers needed had not been triggered. Authorities may also combine developer contributions with other funding sources to deliver big infrastructure projects, and it can take time for such funding sources to accumulate and become available.