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Scarborough council debt

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

Total debt
£34.4m
£34,371,000
Debt per person
£303
113,471 residents (estimated)
Net debt
£0
after £42.0m of investments
Change in a year
−1.1%
−£389k since Mar 2022
Debt to budget
0.8×
times net current spending, 2022-23
Debt cost
£20
per person: £2.3m of interest and repayment in 2022-23 (£942k interest)

Scarborough debt over time

£0£8.9m£17.8m£26.6m£35.5m20232010201220142016201820202022

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

What Scarborough 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£33.2m · borrowed £16.5m2019-20£18.6m · borrowed £2.9m2020-21£9.1m · borrowed £943k2021-22£14.3m · borrowed £1.7m2022-23£11.1m · borrowed £416k
Environment and wasteCommercial property and companiesCulture, leisure and sportRoads and transportHousingCentral services and corporate property
YearCapital spendingBorrowedBiggest items
2022-23£11.1m£416kCulture, leisure and sport £4.1m, Environment and waste £2.7m, Housing £2.5m
2021-22£14.3m£1.7mCommercial property and companies £4.9m, Culture, leisure and sport £3.0m, Environment and waste £2.8m
2020-21£9.1m£943kEnvironment and waste £4.8m, Culture, leisure and sport £1.4m, Housing £1.3m
2019-20£18.6m£2.9mEnvironment and waste £8.6m, Roads and transport £5.9m, Culture, leisure and sport £2.4m
2018-19£33.2m£16.5mCommercial property and companies £14.8m, Environment and waste £10.3m, Culture, leisure and sport £3.9m

"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.

Scarborough debt by year

DateDebtInvestmentsNet debtPer personPopulationDebt cost
Mar 2023£34.4m£42.0m£0£303113,471*£2.3m
Dec 2022£34.5m£65.0m£0£304113,471*£3.3m
Sep 2022£34.6m£63.0m£0£305113,471*£3.3m
Jun 2022£34.7m£41.0m£0£308112,581*£3.3m
Mar 2022£34.8m£53.5m£0£309112,581*£3.3m
Dec 2021£34.9m£11.0m£23.9m£310112,581*£1.6m
Sep 2021£35.0m£11.0m£24.0m£310112,581*£1.6m
Jun 2021£35.1m£11.0m£24.1m£315111,174*£1.6m
Mar 2021£35.1m£34.0m£1.1m£316111,174*£1.6m
Dec 2020£35.3m£11.0m£24.3m£318111,174*£1.7m
Sep 2020£35.3m£17.0m£18.3m£318111,174*£1.7m
Jun 2020£35.4m£27.5m£7.9m£319111,131*£1.7m
Mar 2020£35.5m£32.0m£3.5m£320111,131*£1.7m
Mar 2019£25.8m£21.0m£4.8m£233110,599*£1.3m
Mar 2018£11.8m£20.0m£0£107110,518*£2.0m
Mar 2017£11.9m£22.0m£0£108110,241*–
Mar 2016£11.9m£29.0m£0£109109,866*–
Mar 2015£12.0m£22.0m£0£109109,859*–
Mar 2014£4.0m£19.0m£0£36109,946*–
Mar 2013£4.0m£13.2m£0£36109,912*–
Mar 2012£4.0m£8.4m£0£37109,410*–
Mar 2011£4.0m£3.4m£600k£37109,014–
Mar 2010£6.5m£2.4m£4.1m£60108,943–

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

See Scarborough on the UK council debt map