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Dorset council debt
County council, England. This council no longer exists; its last figures are for Mar 2019.
Total debt
£211m
£210,963,000
Debt per person
£562
375,604 residents
Net debt
£178m
after £33.4m of investments
Change in a year
−7.0%
−£15.9m since Mar 2018
Debt to budget
0.4×
times net current spending, 2018-19
Local economy
£24,228
GDP per person; debt is 2.3% of the area's £9.10bn GDP
Debt cost
£67
per person: £25.0m of interest and repayment in 2018-19 (£7.3m interest)
Dorset debt over time
Outstanding borrowing at each date, Mar 2010 to Mar 2019.
What Dorset 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 2018-19.
Roads and transportSchools and educationCentral services and corporate propertyEnvironment and wasteCulture, leisure and sportSocial careHousing
| Year | Capital spending | Borrowed | Biggest items |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | £50.3m | £18.4m | Roads and transport £28.3m, Schools and education £12.6m, Central services and corporate property £3.1m |
"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.
Dorset debt by year
| Date | Debt | Investments | Net debt | Per person | Population | Debt cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2019 | £211m | £33.4m | £178m | £562 | 375,604 | £25.0m |
| Mar 2018 | £227m | £43.7m | £183m | £605 | 374,675 | £17.3m |
| Mar 2017 | £213m | £15.7m | £198m | £573 | 372,416 | – |
| Mar 2016 | £184m | £12.7m | £172m | £497 | 370,728 | – |
| Mar 2015 | £215m | £56.6m | £158m | £582 | 368,694 | – |
| Mar 2014 | £214m | £87.6m | £126m | £582 | 367,651 | – |
| Mar 2013 | £181m | £75.0m | £106m | £495 | 366,572 | – |
| Mar 2012 | £192m | £87.4m | £105m | £525 | 365,897 | – |
| Mar 2011 | £163m | £78.0m | £84.6m | £395 | 412,015 | – |
| Mar 2010 | £144m | £95.6m | £47.9m | £349 | 410,844 | – |