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Housing Revenue Accounts: Fiscal Policy

Asked by Danny BealesLabourTreasuryTabled Answered 29 October 2024UIN 900940

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of excluding the council Housing Revenue Account from debt-targeted fiscal rules.

Answered by Darren Jones

Councils’ Housing Revenue Accounts are a significant part of local authority and public sector finances, and it would not be right to exclude this activity from our fiscal rules.

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