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Will that encompass the local governance review, which I think we were meant to see last year? We have not really seen anything on that yet.

I presume that things such as the national care service will shape some of that local governance review.

That would helpful, even if it was an estimate for the new roll.

When will we find out about the costs associated with that pathway?

I want to ask about public sector reform. Information on that was going to be in the budget statement in December, but it has been delayed. Can you tell us your thinking on the direction of travel on public sector reform and when we will actually see things come forward? I imagine that reform will have an impact on the coming years’ budgets. The longer that it takes to make those reforms, the harder it will be to set budgets in future years.

I will put it in a slightly different way. Do you feel that more money could be spent in that area to reduce our welfare bill, as people become less dependent on welfare schemes?

I have a final question, if I may. The poundage rate for non-domestic rates has been frozen, but the budget shows that the intake from non-domestic rates has increased substantially. I presume that that is because of the revaluation that has just taken place. Can you say what the valuation roll has increased from and to?

So most of that £40 billion is due to inflation, which is really a global factor anyway. Is that correct?

Would you expect interest rates to come back down as quickly as that?

We would also expect wage inflation to come down to almost zero, which might well have an impact on the forecast for income tax take.