But there have been cutbacks.
"Since the coalition government came in there have been cutbacks and schools are not using supply teachers," he said.
It's also been clear for a while now that the BBC has big plans for the franchise, and its not hard to connect the dots between the rise of "Doctor Who" and the relative decline in the BBC's fortunes (there have been cutbacks aplenty during the economic contraction of the last few years).
During recent decades there have been changes in Swedish social policy, with cutbacks in public benefits and a re-emphasis on means-tested policies.
The main problem has been cutbacks in government subsidies for health care for the poor.
And I know there have been staff cutbacks at Soho Square but the absence of ball boys was ridiculous.
The number of tickets being given out has gone down and there have been no cutbacks of enforcement officers.
The Different Engine, funded in part by One North East, is keen, however, to stress that there have been no cutbacks in the programme itself, which along with investment, offers mentoring and free accommodation for 16 weeks.
Latimer says most prisons have a gym, but in general sports programming has been cutback, something she describes as unfortunate.
However, since the speech there have been reports of cutbacks in family planning programmes, and in sex education classes at universities.
If there have been layoffs and sharp cutbacks and desks remain empty after people leave, don't ask for the moon and don't expect much, if anything.
