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West Dorset council debt

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

Total debt
£600k
£600,000
Debt per person
£6
102,101 residents (estimated)
Net debt
£0
after £51.6m of investments
Change in a year
−50.0%
−£600k since Mar 2018
Debt to budget
0.0×
times net current spending, 2018-19
Debt cost
£1
per person: £116k of interest and repayment in 2018-19 (£40k interest)

West Dorset debt over time

£0£3.5m£7.0m£10.5m£14.0m201920102012201420162018

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

What West 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.

2018-19£3.2m
Commercial property and companiesCulture, leisure and sportHousingEnvironment and wasteRoads and transport
YearCapital spendingBorrowedBiggest items
2018-19£3.2m–Commercial property and companies £1.9m, Culture, leisure and sport £525k, Housing £397k

"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.

West Dorset debt by year

DateDebtInvestmentsNet debtPer personPopulationDebt cost
Mar 2019£600k£51.6m£0£6102,101*£116k
Mar 2018£1.2m£51.1m£0£12101,849*£182k
Mar 2017£2.2m£46.9m£0£21101,235*–
Mar 2016£3.5m£45.0m£0£35100,776*–
Mar 2015£4.9m£52.3m£0£49100,223*–
Mar 2014£6.2m£41.9m£0£6299,939*–
Mar 2013£7.6m£34.3m£0£7699,646*–
Mar 2012£10.9m£48.1m£0£11099,462*–
Mar 2011£12.3m£54.5m£0£12499,033–
Mar 2010£14.0m£56.6m£0£14298,626–

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

See West Dorset on the UK council debt map