. >> every household in gravesham has inherited a sort of second mortgage of debt. can the prime minister give us some idea of the level of debt per household across the country? >> my honorable friend is entirely right that every single person in this country is now carrying 22,000 pounds of debt because of the mess that the last labour government left us. the fact is this -- if we do not do something about it, by the end of this parliament, we will be paying 70 billion pounds in debt interest. that is more than we spend on schools and more than we spend on defense. it would be a tragic waste of money. that is why, however painful, we have to get to grips with the deficit that we were left by the last labour government. >> barry gardiner. >> can the prime minister explain why the changes to local government funding last week mean that, in witney in oxfordshire, they will see an uplift of 1.7%, while children in brent will see a loss from their education budget of 1.88 million pounds? can it have anything to do with his minister for local government's statement last