Question follow-through · 25396
Local Government: Debts
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's Devolution White Paper (CP 1218), published on 16 December 2024, who will carry existing debt held by local authorities where a local governmen
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 21 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 24 Jan 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's Devolution White Paper (CP 1218), published on 16 December 2024, who will carry existing debt held by local authorities where a local governmen
24 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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24 Jan 2025
Answer published
It is the responsibility of councils to manage their budgets, and it is standard for councils to borrow and to hold debt, which they will do in the normal course of business. Local government re-organisation does not change this.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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