Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 25396
Local Government: Debts
Tabled: 21 January 2025
Answered: 24 January 2025
Named DayQuestion
Ben Obese-Jecty
Conservative — Huntingdon
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
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 re-organisation does not change this.