Question follow-through · 26838
Local Government: Debts
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to para 4.2.3 of the English Devolution White Paper, published on 16 December 2024, how the (a) debts and (b) surpluses of individual councils will be divided up i
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 28 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 5 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to para 4.2.3 of the English Devolution White Paper, published on 16 December 2024, how the (a) debts and (b) surpluses of individual councils will be divided up i
30 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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5 Feb 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. Previous Secretaries of S...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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