"Figure 16: Local government net lending or net borrowing from the non-financial account, 1997 to 2016","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. B.9N = net lending or borrowing position from the non-financial account 2. PSF = Public sector finance alignment " "Unit","£ billion" "","" "","BB18 B 9N (indicative)","Previously published B 9N","Pension schemes","Rail for London","PSF^2^ Alignment" "1997","-2.5","-2.5","-0.1","","" "1998","-3.9","-3.6","-0.2","","" "1999","-3.1","-3.2","0.1","","" "2000","-4.1","-4.5","0.4","","" "2001","-4.4","-4.5","0.1","","" "2002","-2.8","-3.4","0.6","","" "2003","-0.9","-1.6","0.7","","" "2004","-4.6","-5.4","0.8","","" "2005","-5.7","-6.5","0.8","","" "2006","-1.3","-2.3","1","","" "2007","-2.6","-3.2","0.9","","-0.4" "2008","-4.9","-5.7","0.9","","" "2009","-8.1","-8.3","0.4","-0.2","" "2010","-2.6","-3","0.8","-0.3","" "2011","-3.3","-4.6","0.7","0.7","" "2012","-8.4","-8.9","0.6","-0.1","" "2013","-1.8","-4.3","1.3","1.2","" "2014","1.8","-0.7","1.8","0.7","" "2015","-1.7","-3.9","1.6","0.7","-0.1" "2016","-6.8","-9.6","1.9","0.9",""