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Carlisle council debt

District council, England. This council no longer exists; its last figures are for Mar 2023.

Total debt
£12.3m
£12,350,000
Debt per person
£115
107,516 residents (estimated)
Net debt
£6.7m
after £5.7m of investments
Change in a year
−3.6%
−£463k since Mar 2022
Debt to budget
0.3×
times net current spending, 2022-23
Debt cost
£3
per person: £276k of interest and repayment in 2022-23 (£208k interest)

Carlisle debt over time

£0£7.2m£14.4m£21.6m£28.8m20232010201220142016201820202022

Outstanding borrowing at each date, Mar 2010 to Mar 2023.

What Carlisle spent capital money on

Councils borrow to pay for capital spending: buildings, roads, housing, loans to their own companies, commercial property. Capital spending by service in each financial year, and how much of it was paid for by new borrowing, 2018-19 to 2022-23.

2018-19£5.9m · borrowed £1.0m2019-20£8.4m · borrowed £14.0m2020-21£14.2m · borrowed £3.4m2021-22£21.0m · borrowed £14.6m2022-23£16.8m · borrowed £7.2m
Culture, leisure and sportHousingCommercial property and companiesCentral services and corporate propertyPlanning and regenerationEnvironment and wasteRoads and transportOther trading services
YearCapital spendingBorrowedBiggest items
2022-23£16.8m£7.2mCulture, leisure and sport £7.7m, Housing £6.8m, Environment and waste £1.0m
2021-22£21.0m£14.6mCulture, leisure and sport £14.3m, Central services and corporate property £2.8m, Housing £2.0m
2020-21£14.2m£3.4mCulture, leisure and sport £4.9m, Commercial property and companies £3.7m, Housing £2.0m
2019-20£8.4m£14.0mHousing £2.6m, Commercial property and companies £1.9m, Culture, leisure and sport £1.6m
2018-19£5.9m£1.0mHousing £2.2m, Culture, leisure and sport £1.7m, Planning and regeneration £616k

"Borrowed" is new borrowing and credit used to finance that year's spending; it can exceed the spending when a council borrows to cover earlier costs or, with government permission, day-to-day losses. Source: MHCLG capital outturn (England, from 2018-19); StatsWales capital outturn (Wales). Not yet available for Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Carlisle debt by year

DateDebtInvestmentsNet debtPer personPopulationDebt cost
Mar 2023£12.3m£5.7m£6.7m£115107,516*£276k
Dec 2022£12.6m£28.2m£0£117107,516*£216k
Sep 2022£12.8m£30.0m£0£119107,516*£216k
Jun 2022£12.8m£29.6m£0£120106,935*£216k
Mar 2022£12.8m£25.9m£0£120106,935*£216k
Dec 2021£13.1m£30.5m£0£122106,935*£407k
Sep 2021£13.1m£28.4m£0£122106,935*£407k
Jun 2021£13.3m£20.8m£0£125106,410*£407k
Mar 2021£13.3m£12.2m£1.1m£125106,410*£407k
Dec 2020£13.5m£22.2m£0£127106,410*£1.5m
Sep 2020£13.5m£20.2m£0£127106,410*£1.5m
Jun 2020£13.8m£21.2m£0£129106,631*£1.5m
Mar 2020£28.8m£29.8m£0£270106,631*£1.5m
Mar 2019£15.0m£19.6m£0£141106,728*£1.3m
Mar 2018£15.0m£11.1m£4.0m£141106,807*£1.5m
Mar 2017£15.0m£14.8m£232k£140107,093*–
Mar 2016£15.0m£15.9m£0£140107,094*–
Mar 2015£15.0m£19.9m£0£140107,072*–
Mar 2014£15.0m£19.1m£0£140107,031*–
Mar 2013£15.0m£18.7m£0£140107,130*–
Mar 2012£15.0m£16.8m£0£140107,231*–
Mar 2011£15.0m£20.7m£0£140106,985–
Mar 2010£17.1m£22.0m£0£160106,966–

* Population estimated: ONS no longer publishes it for this council.

See Carlisle on the UK council debt map