Deputy Prime Minister written question – answered at on 22 April 2004.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the 10 (a) least and (b) most indebted local authorities are.
The information requested is as follows:
(a) The 10 English local authorities that had the least net debt as at
Bromley
St. Edmundsbury
Dorset
Crawley
Huntingdonshire
(b) The 10 English local authorities that had the most net debt as at
Newham
Islington
Southwark
Kent
Lambeth
Liverpool
Sheffield
Leeds
Birmingham
Manchester.
Source:
ODPM monthly and quarterly borrowing returns.
It should be noted that authorities with high levels of debt are generally those which have undertaken capital investment. Long-term borrowing to finance capital expenditure was regulated through the issue of credit approvals up until
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