Member

Both the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, and, particularly, the noble Lord, Lord Jamieson, asked me about the interim support, how it is going to work and what we are doing at the moment in regard to Woking and the further support that is being provided there. Just to be clear, the Woking debt is around £2.2 billion and the Spelthorne debt is £1 billion. For local authorities in Surrey, by the end of the multi-year settlement period in 2028-29, the provisional settlement will make available almost £1.5 billion in core spending power—an increase of 7.5% compared to 2024-25.