HC Deb 11 February 1991 vol 185 cc327-8W
Mr. Peter Robinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the income from recreation and leisure facilities for each district council for the last available year and state the number of such facilities in respect of each council.

Mr. Needham

The income from recreation and leisure facilities for the 1989–90 year is set out below. Information about the number of facilities in respect of each council is not held centrally.

£
Antrim 233,251
Ards 374,905
Armagh 189,989
Ballymena 215,486
Ballymoney 213,475
Banbridge 180,021
Belfast 2,951,829
Carrickfergus 461,142
Castlereagh 1,901,042
Coleraine 963,758
Cookstown 101,546
Craigavon 782,775
Derry 746,218
Down 347,639
Dungannon 144,177
Fermanagh 649,150
Larne 127,517
Limavady 220,400
Lisburn 409,556
Magherafelt 197,189
Moyle 209,563
Newry and Mourne 403,414
Newtownabbey 537,666
North Down 378,294
Omagh 352,411
Strabane 153,711

Mr. Peter Robinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many district councils sought, and how many received, Government loan sanction to build

Year Per cent. increase (non-domestic) Per cent. increase (domestic) Per cent. annual rate of inflation
1980–81 17.9 22.3 21.8
1981–82 9.8 11.7 12.0
1982–83 6.9 8.1 9.4
1983–84 2.9 3.4 4.0
1984–85 7.9 9.1 5.2
1985–86 8.1 9.3 6.8
1986–87 9.4 10.7 3.0
1987–88 2.9 3.2 4.4
1988–89 7.98 8.92 3.9

leisure facilities where a Department of Education grant was unavailable; and if he will list the councils and the schemes.

Mr. Needham

The information is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.