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South Bucks council debt

District council, England. This council no longer exists; its last figures are for Mar 2020.

Total debt
£24.9m
£24,878,000
Debt per person
£344
72,415 residents (estimated)
Net debt
£0
after £26.7m of investments
Change in a year
+354.1%
+£19.4m since Mar 2019
Debt to budget
1.1×
times net current spending, 2019-20
Debt cost
£5
per person: £367k of interest and repayment in 2019-20 (£367k interest)

South Bucks debt over time

£0£6.2m£12.4m£18.7m£24.9m202020102012201420162018

Outstanding borrowing at each date, Mar 2010 to Mar 2020.

What South Bucks 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 2019-20.

2018-19£5.3m · borrowed £1.4m2019-20£8.8m · borrowed £7.4m
Commercial property and companiesHousingCentral services and corporate propertyCulture, leisure and sportRoads and transportEnvironment and waste
YearCapital spendingBorrowedBiggest items
2019-20£8.8m£7.4mCommercial property and companies £6.6m, Housing £1.4m, Central services and corporate property £558k
2018-19£5.3m£1.4mHousing £4.7m, Culture, leisure and sport £241k, Central services and corporate property £194k

"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.

South Bucks debt by year

DateDebtInvestmentsNet debtPer personPopulationDebt cost
Mar 2020£24.9m£26.7m£0£34472,415*£367k
Mar 2019£5.5m£14.8m£0£7671,900*£211k
Mar 2018£0£9.6m£0£071,473*£211k
Mar 2017£0£16.7m£0£071,043*–
Mar 2016£0£17.0m£0£070,311*–
Mar 2015£0£20.2m£0£069,463*–
Mar 2014£0£18.6m£0£068,708*–
Mar 2013£0£25.0m£0£067,937*–
Mar 2012£0£26.0m£0£067,200*–
Mar 2011£0£27.1m£0£066,705–
Mar 2010£0£25.5m£0£066,018–

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

See South Bucks on the UK council debt map