Outstanding council borrowing, 2010 to 2020: record highs and lows
The extremes of outstanding council borrowing, 2010 to 2020 as published by MHCLG, across the 11 periods held here (2010 Q1 to 2020 Q1). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.
The latest figure, £126.9bn in 2020 Q1, is the highest in the whole published series of 11 periods. The rule: a period counts as beaten only when its figure is strictly below the latest, and the claim is only made when it reaches back at least five years.
Highest published
£126.9bn2020 Q1
Lowest published
£70.1bn2010 Q1
The full series
The chart as a table
| Period | Outstanding council borrowing, 2010 to 2020 |
|---|---|
| 2010 Q1 | £70.1bn |
| 2011 Q1 | £73.8bn |
| 2012 Q1 | £85.6bn |
| 2013 Q1 | £87.9bn |
| 2014 Q1 | £89.1bn |
| 2015 Q1 | £91.9bn |
| 2016 Q1 | £94.4bn |
| 2017 Q1 | £99.2bn |
| 2018 Q1 | £107.1bn |
| 2019 Q1 | £115bn |
| 2020 Q1 | £126.9bn |
What a record here is, and is not
A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.