§ Rev. William McCreaTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the current extent of local authority debt in each of the 26 district councils in Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. AtkinsThe total debt outstanding from loans and advances from the Government Loans Fund by district council area at 31 March 1992 is set out as follow:
£ Antrim Borough Council 2,904,499 Ards Borough Council 3,273,355 Armagh District Council 2,635,445 Ballymena Borough Council 860,584 Ballymoney Borough Council 1,655,184 Banbridge District Council 2,745,515 Belfast City Council 12,289,642 Carrickfergus Borough Council 32,370 Castlereagh Borough Council 5,821,792 Coleraine Borough Council 2,388,273 Cookstown District Council 306,375 Craigavon Borough Council 1,456,472 Deny City Council 6,992,348 Down District Council 5,146,690 Dungannon District Council 1,326,877 Fermanagh District Council 888,196 Lame Borough Council 1,740,599 Limavady Borough Council 1,542,266 Lisburn Borough Council 1,970,384 Magherafelt District Council 1,114,525 Moyle District Council 1,773,441 Newry and Mourne District Council 8,917,629 Newtownabbey District Council 7,115,280 North Down Borough Council 10,471,472 Omagh District Council 3,968,856 Strabane District Council 3,807,291 Total 93,145,360 A district council may also borrow money from other financial institutions. However, this information is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.