HC Deb 23 March 1989 vol 149 cc732-3W
Mr. Clifford Forsythe

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing, for each district council in Northern Ireland, the local district rate in actual and percentage terms for each of the years from 1986–87 to 1989–90.

Mr. Needham

[holding answer 20 March 1989]: The table showing for each district council in Northern Ireland the local district rate in actual and percentage terms from each of the years 1986–87 to 1989–90 is as follows:

District 1986–87 district rate Percentage increase 1987–88 district rate Percentage increase 1988–89 district rate Percentage increase 1989–90 district rate Percentage increase
6 Banbridge 47.97p 6.77 50.98p 6.27 50.98p nil 50.90p nil
7 Belfast 76.36p 10.60 80.03p 4.81 83.96p 4.91 83.96p nil
8 Carrickfergus 57.50p 4.55 59.41p 3.32 62.50p 5.20 65.75p 5.20
9 Castlereagh 39.08p 18.42 41.00p 4.91 39.90p -2.68 37.90p -5.01
10 Coleraine 49.00p 8.89 50.00p 2.04 53.00p 6.00 55.00p 3.77
11 Cookstown 39.75p 10.88 43.00p 8.18 42.75p -0.58 47.75p 11.70
12 Craigaven 60.21p 9.61 63.35p 522 63.35p nil 67.47p 6.50
13 Derry 67.00p 12.62 69.50p 3.73 72.55p 4.39 76.80p 5.86
14 Down 53.00p 17.78 60.00p 13.21 65.00p 8.33 68.00p 4.62
15 Dungannon 41.50p 9.21 44.00p 6.02 44.00p nil 44.00p nil
16 Fermanagh 48.75p 14.04 50.75p 4.10 53.50p 5.42 55.50p 3.74
17 Larne 49.25p 9.44 52.55p 6.70 55.75p 6.09 56.75p 1.79
18 Limavady 39.00p 11.43 40.95p 5.00 43.50p 6.23 47.00p 8.05
19 Lisburn 48.80p 5.54 49.75p 1.95 53.57p 7.68 53.57p nil
20 Magherafelt 36.56p 10.65 41.05p 12.28 43.50p 5.97 46.34p 6.53
21 Moyle 66.75p 10.04 65.75p nil 65.50p -0.38 68.40p 4.43
22 Newry and Mourne 54.30p 10.82 59.70p 9.94 59.70p nil 58.00p -2.85
23 Newtownabbey 55.11p 4.77 57.24p 3.86 60.06p 4.93 64.10p 6.73
24 North Down 56.90p 10.49 60.90p 7.03 63.70p 4.613 65.85p 3.38
25 Omagh 47.00p 9.30 51.65p 9.89 55.00p 6.49 58.50p 6.36
26 Strabane 50.50p 16.09 54.00p 6.93 57.00p 5.56 60.75p 6.58

Mr. Clifford Forsythe

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will indicate in actual and percentage terms both the Northern Ireland regional rate and the total Northern Ireland rate for each year from 1986–87 to 1989–90.

1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
Regional rate 110.38p 113.53p 122.59p 138.07p
Percentage change from previous year +9.4 +2.9 +7.98 +12.63
Total rate (i.e. regional rate plus average district rate) 167.6p 173.6p 185.21p 202.18p
Percentage change from previous year +9.54 +3.58 +6.69 +9.16