§ Mr. McCuskerasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much grant-aid has been made available to each district council in Northern Ireland to finance acquisition for open space amenity purposes, for recreational, social, physical and cultural facilities, and for tourist amenity developments, since their inception.
§ Mr. Chris PattenThe following figures are for open space grants from October 1973 to October 1983:
Council Open space grant £ Antrim 5,433 Ards 126,757 Armagh 44,533 Ballymena 169,995 Ballymoney 32,130 Banbridge 24,410 Belfast 288,474 Carrickfergus 16,213 Castlereagh 104,698 Cookstown 16,668 Coleraine 14,632 Craigavon 17,825 Down 39,434 Dungannon 13,059 Fermanagh 42,244 Larne 4,778 Limavady 17,524 Lisburn 3,774 Londonderry 443,298 Magherafelt 30,091 Moyle NIL Newry and Mourne 173,815 Newtownabbey 136,839 North Down 48,628 Omagh NIL Strabane 8,248 The information in respect of other land acquisition is not readily available and could only be collected at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. McCuskerasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much borrowing has-been approved by the Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland) for each district council in Northern Ireland to purchase land or property since their inception.
§ Mr. Chris PattenThe available information is as follows. In most cases the figures include development costs which could only be disaggregated at disproportionate expense.
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Council Approved borrowing October 1973 to October 1983 £ Antrim 73,000 Ards 1,881,400 Armagh —
Council Approved borrowing October 1973 to October 1983 £ Ballymena 250,934 Ballymoney 77,000 Banbridge 760,000 Belfast 623,500 Carrickfergus 30,300 Castlereagh 52,500 Coleraine 23,000 Cookstown — Craigavon 983,000 Down 102,600 Dungannon 31,500 Fermanagh 19,115 Larne 49,150 Limavady 46,000 Lisburn 20,000 Londonderry 421,500 Magherafelt 62,000 Moyle 485,500 Newry and Mourne 609,600 Newtownabbey 116,000 North Down 647,000 Omagh 153,500 Strabane 21,600 Total 7,539,699