§ Rev. William McCreaasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table showing (a)the annual capital expenditure by each of the local authorities in Northern Ireland; and (b)the percentage increase or decrease in district rates over the past five years.
§ Mr. Chris PattenThe information is as follows:
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District 1979/80 1980/81 1981/82 1982/83 1983/84 Newtownabbey 538 766 249 536 1,549 North Down 408 1,504 2,491 2,119 1,623 Omagh 647 1,053 1,531 527 601 Strabane 555 339 95 406 552 TOTALS 20,899 23,658 24,796 23,425 28,548
(b) Percentage Changes in District Rates District 1980/81 1981/82 1982/83 1983/84 1984/85 Antrim 28.9 12.1 21.5 0.0 2.5 Ards 50.0 16.7 16.7 2.0 0.0 Armagh 25.8 7.7 8.9 4.9 4.7 Ballymena 17.4 11.1 8.3 4.6 4.4 Ballymoney 30.8 35.3 11.6 3.9 2.5 Banbridge 16.7 10.7 7.1 6.9 14.6 Belfast 30.6 16.0 18.1 10.4 7.0 Carrickfergus 29.3 24.0 8.6 2.5 3.9 Castlereagh 30.2 10.7 9.7 -2.9 -3.0 Coleraine 27.8 11.6 5.8 4.9 0.0 Cookstown 21.6 11.1 10.0 13.6 4.2 Craigavon 15.6 14.9 10.0 8.0 4.9 Derry 35.1 12.9 10.5 8.9 2.6 Down 30.4 23.3 16.2 4.7 0.0 Dungannon 23.3 13.2 6.7 6.3 2.9 Fermanagh 25.5 11.9 8.3 6.3 5.3 Larne 16.7 11.4 7.7 3.6 0.0 Limavady 22.5 12.2 10.9 3.3 1.6 Lisburn 20.9 26.8 12.4 7.5 6.0 Magherafelt 18.8 14.5 13.8 17.2 3.8 Moyle 28.0 43.8 8.7 3.8 5.5 Newry and Mourne 20.0 13.0 27.9 10.3 7.0 Newtonabbey 18.8 7.9 4.9 4.7 6.7 North Down 33.3 20.3 11.7 5.8 3.3 Omagh 23.7 23.4 17.2 14.7 5.1 Strabane 19.2 9.7 7.5 13.5 0.0 Average District Rate Increase 27.2 15.4 13.4 7.1 4.49