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Poole council debt

Unitary authority, England. This council no longer exists; its last figures are for Mar 2019.

Total debt
£90.0m
£90,033,000
Debt per person
£573
157,082 residents (estimated)
Net debt
£49.2m
after £40.8m of investments
Change in a year
−1.2%
−£1.1m since Mar 2018
Debt to budget
0.5×
times net current spending, 2018-19
Debt cost
£7
per person: £1.0m of interest and repayment in 2018-19 (£0 interest)

Poole debt over time

£0£22.9m£45.9m£68.8m£91.7m201920102012201420162018

Outstanding borrowing at each date, Mar 2010 to Mar 2019.

What Poole 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.

2018-19£35.9m · borrowed £8.3m
HousingRoads and transportSocial careSchools and educationCulture, leisure and sportEnvironment and wasteCentral services and corporate property
YearCapital spendingBorrowedBiggest items
2018-19£35.9m£8.3mHousing £11.6m, Roads and transport £8.7m, Social care £8.1m

"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.

Poole debt by year

DateDebtInvestmentsNet debtPer personPopulationDebt cost
Mar 2019£90.0m£40.8m£49.2m£573157,082*£1.0m
Mar 2018£91.1m£45.3m£45.8m£581156,811*£4.1m
Mar 2017£91.5m£31.4m£60.1m£587155,905*–
Mar 2016£86.5m£37.5m£49.0m£561154,112*–
Mar 2015£90.0m£38.6m£51.3m£588153,023*–
Mar 2014£91.7m£39.3m£52.4m£606151,357*–
Mar 2013£83.3m£36.4m£46.9m£555150,172*–
Mar 2012£83.7m£29.5m£54.2m£562148,985*–
Mar 2011£25.0m£14.9m£10.1m£170146,754–
Mar 2010£15.0m£8.3m£6.7m£103145,420–

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

See Poole on the UK council debt map