Local Government Finance: Reserves

(asked on 12th July 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what data his Department holds on the average level of reserves held by local authorities in England in (a) 2010, (b) 2015 and (c) 2020.


Answered by
Luke Hall Portrait
Luke Hall
Minister of State (Education)
This question was answered on 15th July 2021

Local authorities report to MHCLG their levels of reserves for the start and end of each financial year. The latest outturn figures include reserve levels to 31 March 2020. These can be found here:www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing .

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