Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 86645
Local Government: Surrey
Tabled: 30 October 2025
Answered: 10 November 2025
Question
Sir James Cleverly
Conservative — Braintree
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 28 October 2025 entitled Local Government Reorganisation, HCWS998, what estimate his Department has made of the debt that West Surrey c
Answer
Alison McGovernIt is the responsibility of councils to manage their budgets, and it is standard for councils to borrow and to hold debt. The government was clear in statutory invitations for Reorganisation proposals (criterion 2f), that proposals should reflect the exte...
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