Disagree, toddbabe. He's the chap who provides the funds, so many of the problems faced can be traced to his door just as easily as to his neighbour's more famously numbered abode.
Also, if - as seems probable - he's going to be the next PM, it doesn't seem unreasonable to get him out there to see what's going on. It might even prompt him to consider whether more money is needed. Yes, most unlikely, but stranger things have happened (who' 20 years ago would've imagined Prescott taking PM Questions, for instance?)