"Figure 17: Local government net lending or net borrowing from the financial account, 1997 to 2016","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. B.9F = net lending or borrowing position from the financial account. 2. nec - not elsewhere classified. " "Unit","£ billion" "","" "","BB18 B 9F (indicative)","Previously published B 9F","Pension schemes","Rail for London","Other changes nec" "1997","-1.9","-1.9","-0.1","","" "1998","-3.7","-3.4","-0.2","","" "1999","-3.5","-3.6","0.1","","" "2000","-4","-4.4","0.4","","" "2001","-4","-4","0.1","","" "2002","-2.4","-3","0.6","","" "2003","-1.2","-1.9","0.7","","" "2004","-5.3","-6.1","0.8","","" "2005","-5.7","-6.5","0.8","","" "2006","-1.8","-2.8","1","","" "2007","-3","-3.9","1","","" "2008","-4.9","-5.7","0.9","","" "2009","-7.7","-8.3","0.4","","0.2" "2010","-3","-3.9","0.8","","0.1" "2011","-4","-5","0.6","","0.4" "2012","-8.3","-8.9","0.6","","" "2013","-1.9","-3.8","1.3","","0.6" "2014","1.5","-0.5","1.9","","0.2" "2015","-2.3","-4.2","1.6","","0.3" "2016","-6.7","-9.2","1.9","0.1","0.4"