HC Deb 02 February 1993 vol 218 cc90-1W
Mr. Clifton-Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the indebtedness of(a) Gloucestershire county council, (b) Tewkesbury borough council, (c) Cotswold district council and (d) Cheltenham borough council in each year since 1980.

Total external debt (temporary and longer-term)
Year end Gloucestershire £000 Tewkesbury £000 Cotswold £000 Cheltenham £000
1979–80 16,100 19,900 22,000 26,600
1980–81 20,300 20,500 23,000 28,100
1981–82 21,400 19,900 20,700 26,600
1982–83 25,300 18,600 20,400 n/a
1983–84 23,900 15,300 16,300 n/a
1984–85 23,800 18,200 13,900 n/a
1985–86 45,900 14,900 13,900 n/a
1986–87 53,384 11,740 19,651 n/a
1987–88 66,763 11,720 22,994 n/a
1988–89 92,371 13,522 n/a 30,269
1989–90 104,426 12,727 n/a 29,582
1990–91 121,114 9,327 23,051 33,977
1991–92 124,537 9,327 20,497 40,092

Figures for 1985–86 and earlier have been rounded to the nearest £100,000.

Source: 1979–81 CIPFA Return of Outstanding Debt.

1981–90 CIPFA Capital Expenditure and Debt Financing Statistics.

1990–92 Local authority returns.