§ Mr. Peter Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish in the Official Report a detailed list of the loans and advances from the Northern Ireland Consolidated Fund to all public bodies, excluding Northern Ireland Departments, and to each local authority in Northern Ireland in the present financial year.
§ Mr. RossiThe Northern Ireland Consolidated Fund does not make loans direct to public bodies. However, the following advances have been made during the current financial year to Northern Ireland Departments for on-lending to public bodies:
£ Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (for on-lending to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive) 21,500,000 Department of Commerce (for on-lending to the Northern Ireland Development Agency) 22,500 Loans to District Councils in Northern Ireland are made from the Government Loans Fund. Advances made during the current financial year are as follows:—
£ Belfast city council 800,000 Banbridge district council 200,000 Omagh district council 72,000 Strabane district council 36,000 Magherafelt district council 25,000 Londonderry city council 10,000