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North Yorkshire council debt
County council, England. This council no longer exists; its last figures are for Mar 2023.
Total debt
£347m
£347,361,000
Debt per person
£557
623,520 residents
Net debt
£0
after £470m of investments
Change in a year
−4.4%
−£15.9m since Mar 2022
Debt to budget
0.4×
times net current spending, 2022-23
Local economy
£33,378
GDP per person; debt is 1.7% of the area's £20.8bn GDP
Debt cost
£30
per person: £19.0m of interest and repayment in 2022-23 (£9.5m interest)
North Yorkshire debt over time
Outstanding borrowing at each date, Mar 2010 to Mar 2023.
What North Yorkshire 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.
Roads and transportSchools and educationCentral services and corporate propertySocial careEnvironment and wasteCulture, leisure and sportPlanning and regeneration
| Year | Capital spending | Borrowed | Biggest items |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | £86.0m | – | Roads and transport £54.2m, Schools and education £15.3m, Central services and corporate property £11.0m |
| 2021-22 | £127m | £12.1m | Roads and transport £67.5m, Central services and corporate property £29.2m, Schools and education £26.3m |
| 2020-21 | £103m | £2.3m | Roads and transport £70.5m, Schools and education £20.4m, Central services and corporate property £10.3m |
| 2019-20 | £88.8m | £3.6m | Roads and transport £56.8m, Schools and education £20.7m, Central services and corporate property £8.8m |
| 2018-19 | £102m | £14.6m | Roads and transport £57.9m, Schools and education £23.5m, Central services and corporate property £17.7m |
"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.
North Yorkshire debt by year
| Date | Debt | Investments | Net debt | Per person | Population | Debt cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2023 | £347m | £470m | £0 | £557 | 623,520 | £19.0m |
| Dec 2022 | £361m | £448m | £0 | £579 | 623,520 | £19.4m |
| Sep 2022 | £354m | £447m | £0 | £568 | 623,520 | £19.4m |
| Jun 2022 | £354m | £495m | £0 | £572 | 618,627 | £19.4m |
| Mar 2022 | £363m | £447m | £0 | £587 | 618,627 | £19.4m |
| Dec 2021 | £357m | £405m | £0 | £577 | 618,627 | £21.1m |
| Sep 2021 | £363m | £423m | £0 | £587 | 618,627 | £21.1m |
| Jun 2021 | £377m | £507m | £0 | £618 | 610,899 | £21.1m |
| Mar 2021 | £344m | £493m | £0 | £563 | 610,899 | £21.1m |
| Dec 2020 | £366m | £498m | £0 | £599 | 610,899 | £22.7m |
| Sep 2020 | £362m | £498m | £0 | £592 | 610,899 | £22.7m |
| Jun 2020 | £375m | £523m | £0 | £614 | 610,660 | £22.7m |
| Mar 2020 | £365m | £476m | £0 | £597 | 610,660 | £22.7m |
| Mar 2019 | £374m | £470m | £0 | £615 | 607,735 | £24.3m |
| Mar 2018 | £387m | £303m | £84.4m | £637 | 607,291 | £34.5m |
| Mar 2017 | £376m | £314m | £62.2m | £621 | 605,770 | – |
| Mar 2016 | £404m | £292m | £113m | £670 | 603,711 | – |
| Mar 2015 | £363m | £224m | £138m | £601 | 603,672 | – |
| Mar 2014 | £361m | £220m | £141m | £598 | 604,151 | – |
| Mar 2013 | £371m | £204m | £168m | £615 | 603,963 | – |
| Mar 2012 | £394m | £180m | £214m | £656 | 601,206 | – |
| Mar 2011 | £410m | £181m | £229m | £685 | 599,028 | – |
| Mar 2010 | £348m | £112m | £235m | £583 | 596,396 | – |