Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 25262
Local Government: Debts
Tabled: 21 January 2025
Answered: 5 February 2025
Named DayQuestion
Tom Tugendhat
Conservative — Tonbridge
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2025 to Question 23337 on Local Government: Debts, what will happen to existing Council debt following local government reorganisation where
Answer
Jim McMahonIt 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 reorganisation does not change this.