§ Dr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total of loans outstanding on capital account for local authorities in England and Wales at 31 March in each year from 1980–81 to 1987–88.
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§ Mr. Ridley[holding answer 25 July 1988]: The figures are based on capital outturn returns submitted by local authorities and relate to England and Wales. Returns for 31 March 1988 are not yet available.
Outstanding Loan Debt for all services on Capital Account £ billion 31 March 1981 33.9 31 March 1982 35.9 31 March 1983 38.2 31 March 1984 40.9 31 March 1985 42.2 31 March 1986 44.7 31 March 1987 45.6
§ Dr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for each year from 1980–81 to 1987–88(a) the local authority borrowing requirement and (b) the public sector borrowing requirement.
§ Mr. Ridley[holding answer 25 July 1988]: The figures requested are as follows. They relate to the United Kingdom.
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£ million Local authority borrowing requirement Public sector borrowing requirement 1980–81 2,120 12,519 1981–82 -225 8,622 1982–83 87 8,935
Local authority borrowing requirement Public sector borrowing requirement 1983–84 1,206 9,717 1984–85 2,386 10,100 1985–86 1,670 5,654 1986–87 238 3,436 1987–88 1,465 -3,486