Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what was the public sector debt of Greater Manchester Combined Authority in each year since its establishment.

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government collects data returns from local authorities. There are various metrics by which debt can be measured. Relevant links to published data are given below:

• Borrowing and investment live tables - Live tables on local government finance - GOV.UK(opens in a new tab). This dataset shows all UK local authorities’ outstanding borrowing and investment on a quarterly basis. The data is split by each authority dating back to 2014.
• Capital expenditure, receipts and financing - Local authority capital expenditure, receipts and financing - GOV.UK(opens in a new tab). This dataset is an annual return collected from English authorities only and dates back to 2000. These returns explain in more detail the expenditure of each authority and how these are financed, including each authority’s year end debt position.

Further, data on loans issued from the Public Works Loan Board are published at Historical Data and Current Data.

Authorities are also required to report their financial position in their Annual Statement of Accounts. These are normally published by authorities on their individual websites.