| Heading: |
Public Works Loan Board |
| Question ID: |
1813659 |
| UIN: |
60750 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-17 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5193 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Callum Anderson
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| Asking Member handle: |
_CallumAnderson
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@_CallumAnderson
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of increasing the Public Works Loan Board lending cap on local authority investment strategies. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-25 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4621 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Darren Jones
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| Answering Member handle: |
darrenpjones
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@darrenpjones
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
The government increased the aggregate limit for Public Works Loan Board (PWLB) lending to £135 billion in November 2024. The increase in the limit has ensured that local authorities (LA) can continue to access loans to support their investment strategies... |
| Original answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
14 |
| Answering body name: |
Treasury |
| Tweeted: |
true |