HC Deb 12 February 1991 vol 185 cc406-12W
Mr. Peter Robinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the total amount of general grant factor given to each Northern Ireland district council in 1980–81 and each subsequent year.

Mr. Needham

The information is set out in the table.

1990–91 Estimated Gross Expenditure and Estimated Civilian Population
Council 1990–91 Estimated Gross Expenditure for each DC £ Population as at 30 June 1988
Antrim 3,904,746 45,700
Ards 7,131,700 64,000
Armagh 3,536,450 49,000
Ballymena 4,844,774 56,700
Ballymoney 2,088,880 23,900
Banbridge 2,631,476 31,900
Belfast 52,833,755 298,400
Carrickfergus 3,792,648 30,000
Castlereagh 5,379,512 58,000
Coleraine 5,178,013 48,100
Cookstown 2,218,294 27,600

Council 1990–91 Estimated Gross Expenditure for each DC £ Population as at 30 June 1988
Craigavon 8,548,553 77,200
Derry 12,913,960 97,700
Down 5,702,974 56,100
Dungannon 3,347,209 43,700
Fermanagh 4,608,528 49,300
Larne 2,714,676 29,000
Limavady 2,276,544 29,300
Lisburn 7,888,184 93,400
Magherafelt 2,402,956 33,100
Moyle 1,193,930 15,200
Newry and Mourne 7,832,050 87,100
Newtownabbey 7,839,495 72,800
North Down 7,587,657 70,300
Omagh 5,094,611 44,200
Strabane 3,435,348 35,200

Mr. Peter Robinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the increase in district rate for each district council in Northern Ireland since 1980–81 in both pence and percentage terms.

Mr. Needham

The information is set out in the table.

Council 1980–81
Actual p per cent.
Antrim 6.50 28.80
Ards 12.00 50.00
Armagh 5.34 25.80
Ballymena 4.00 17.30
Ballymoney 6.00 30.80
Banbridge 4.00 16.70
Belfast 9.40 30.60
Carrickfergus 8.50 29.30
Castlereagh 6.50 30.20
Coleraine 7.50 27.80
Cookstown 9.00 21.60
Craigavon 5.00 15.60
Derry 10.26 35.10
Down 7.00 30.40
Dungannon 5.00 23.20
Fermanagh 6.00 25.50
Lame 5.00 16.70
Limavady 4.50 22.50
Lisburn 4.86 20.90
Magherafelt 3.00 18.75
Moyle 7.00 28.00
Newry and Mourne 4.50 20.00
Newtownabbey 6.00 18.75
North Down 8.00 33.30
Omagh 4.50 23.70
Strabane 5.00 19.20

Council 1981–82
Actual p per cent.
Antrim 3.5 12.1
Ards 6.0 16.7
Armagh 2.0 7.7
Ballymena 3.0 11.1
Ballymoney 9.0 35.3
Banbridge 3.0 10.7
Belfast 6.4 16.0
Carrickfergus 9.0 24.0
Castlereagh 3.0 10.7
Coleraine 4.0 11.6
Cookstown 2.5 11.1
Craigavon 5.5 14.9
Derry 5.1 12.9

Council 1981–82
Actual p per cent.
Down 7.0 23.3
Dungannon 3.5 13.2
Fermanagh 3.5 11.9
Larne 4.0 11.4
Limavady 3.0 12.2
Lisburn 7.53 26.8
Magherafelt 2.75 14.5
Moyle 14.0 43.8
Newry and Mourne 3.5 13.0
Newtownabbey 3.0 7.9
North Down 6.5 20.3
Omagh 5.5 23.4
Strabane 3.0 9.7

Council 1982–83
Actual p per cent.
Antrim 7.0 21.5
Ards 7.0 16.7
Armagh 2.5 8.9
Ballymena 2.5 8.3
Ballymoney 4.0 11.6
Banbridge 2.2 7.1
Belfast 8.4 18.1
Carrickfergus 4.0 8.6
Castlereagh 3.0 9.7
Coleraine 2.25 5.8
Cookstown 2.5 10.0
Craigavon 4.25 10.0
Derry 4.7 10.5
Down 6.0 16.2
Dungannon 2.0 6.7
Fermanagh 2.75 8.3
Larne 3.0 7.7
Limavady 3.0 10.9
Lisburn 4.4 12.4
Magherafelt 3.0 13.8
Moyle 4.0 8.7
Newry and Mourne 8.5 27.9
Newtownabbey 2.0 4.9
North Down 4.5 11.7
Omagh 5.0 17.2
Strabane 2.55 7.5

Council 1983–84
Actual p per cent.
Antrim 0.00
Ards 1.00 2.00
Armagh 1.50 4.90
Ballymena 1.50 4.60
Ballymoney 1.50 3.90
Banbridge 2.29 6.90
Belfast 5.70 10.40
Carrickfergus 1.25 2.50
Castlereagh 1.00 -2.90
Coleraine 2.00 4.90
Cookstown 3.75 13.60
Craigavon 3.72 8.00
Derry 4.40 8.90
Down 2.00 4.70
Dungannon 2.00 6.30
Fermanagh 2.25 6.30
Larne 1.50 3.60
Limavady 1.00 3.30
Lisburn 3.01 7.50
Magherafelt 4.25 17.20
Moyle 1.90 3.80
Newry and Mourne 4.00 10.30
Newtownabbey 2.00 4.70
North Down 2.50 5.80

Council 1983–84
Actual p per cent.
Omagh 5.00 14.70
Strabane 4.95 13.50

Council 1984–85
Actual p per cent.
Antrim 1.00 2.05
Ards 0.00
Armagh 1.50 4.07
Ballymena 1.50 4.04
Ballymoney 1.00 2.05
Banbridge 5.18 14.06
Belfast 4.25 7.00
Carrickfergus 2.00 3.09
Castlereagh -1.00 -3.00
Coleraine 0.00
Cookstown 1.30 4.02
Craigavon 2.45 4.09
Derry 1.40 2.06
Down 0.00
Dungannon 1.00 2.09
Fermanagh 2.00 5.03
Larne 0.00
Limavady 0.50 1.06
Lisburn 2.60 6.00
Maghcrafelt 1.10 3.08
Moyle 2.85 5.05
Newry and Mourne 3.00 7.00
Newtownabbey 3.00 6.07
North Down 1.50 3.03
Omagh 2.00 5.01
Strabane 0.00

Council 1985–86
Actual p per cent.
Antrim 1.50 3.70
Ards 0.00
Armagh 1.00 2.99
Ballymena 0.85 2.39
Ballymoney 1.25 3.05
Banbridge 4.26 10.47
Belfast 4.19 6.46
Carrickfergus 2.25 4.27
Castlereagh 1.00 3.13
Coleraine 2.25 5.26
Cookstown 3.30 10.14
Craigavon 2.01 3.80
Derry 4.40 7.99
Down 0.00
Dungannon 3.00 8.57
Fermanagh 2.75 6.88
Larne 1.50 3.45
Limavady 3.00 9.38
Lisburn 0.64 1.40
Magherafelt 2.94 9.77
Moyle 5.00 9.13
Newry and Mourne 3.00 6.52
Newtownabbey 4.60 9.58
North Down 4.50 9.57
Omagh 2.00 4.88
Strabane 2.00 4.82

Council 1986–87
Actual p per cent.
Antrim 3.75 8.93
Ards 3.00 6.00
Armagh 3.50 10.14
Ballymena 1.65 4.54
Ballymoney 3.00 7.10

Council 1986–87
Actual p per cent.
Banbridge 3.04 6.77
Belfast 7.32 10.60
Carrickfergus 2.50 4.55
Castlereagh 6.08 18.42
Coleraine 4.00 8.89
Cookstown 3.90 10.88
Craigavon 5.28 9.61
Derry 7.50 12.61
Down 8.00 17.78
Dungannon 3.50 9.21
Fermanagh 6.00 14.04
Larne 4.25 9.44
Limavady 4.00 11.43
Lisburn 2.56 5.54
Magherafelt 3.52 10.65
Moyle 6.00 10.04
Newry and Mourne 5.30 10.82
Newtownabbey 2.50 14.77
North Down 5.40 10.49
Omagh 4.00 9.30
Strabane 7.00 16.09

Council 1987–88
Actual p per cent.
Antrim 2.75 601
Ards 0.00
Armagh 0.00
Ballymena 1.85 4.87
Ballymoney 0.75 1.66
Banbridge 3.01 6.27
Belfast 3.67 4.81
Carrickfergus 1.91 3.32
Castlereagh 1.92 4.91
Coleraine 1.00 2.04
Cookstown 3.25 8.18
Craigavon 3.14 5.22
Derry 2.50 3.73
Down 7.00 13.21
Dungannon 2.50 6.02
Fermanagh 2.00 4.10
Larne 3.30 6.70
Limavady 1.95 5.00
Lisburn 0.95 1.95
Magherafelt 4.49 12.28
Moyle 0.00
Newry and Mourne 5.40 9.94
Newtownabbey 2.13 3.86
North Down 4.00 7.03
Omagh 4.65 9.89
Strabane 3.50 6.93

Council 1988–89
Actual p per cent.
Antrim 2.50 5.15
Ards 1.00 1.89
Armagh 3.00 7.89
Ballymena 3.00 7.53
Ballymoney 1.00 2.17
Banbridge 0.00
Belfast 3.93 4.91
Carrickfergus 3.09 5.20
Castlereagh -1.10 -2.68
Coleraine 3.00 6.00
Cookstown -0.25 -0.58
Craigavon 0.00
Derry 3.05 4.39
Down 5.00 8.33
Dungannon 0.00
Fermanagh 2.75 5.42
Larne 3.20 6.09
Limavady 2.55 6.23

Council 1988–89
Actual p per cent.
Lisburn 3.82 7.68
Magherafelt 2.45 5.97
Moyle -025 -038
Newry and Mourne 0.00
Newtownabbey 2.82 4.93
North Down 2.80 4.60
Omagh 3.35 6.49
Strabane 3.00 5.56

Council 1989–90
Actual p Per cent.
Antrim 2.00 3.92
Ards 3.5 6.48
Armagh 3.0 7.32
Ballymena 1.15 2.68
Ballymoney 3.25 6.91
Banbridge 0.0
Belfast 0.0
Carrickfergus 3.25 5.2
Castlereagh -2.00 -5.01
Coleraine 2.0 3.77
Cookstown 5.0 11.7
Craigavon 4.12 6.5
Derry 4.25 5.86
Down 3.0 4.62
Dungannon 0.0
Fermanagh 2.0 3.74
Larne 1.0 1.79
Limavady 3.5 8.05
Lisburn 0.0
Magherafelt 2.84 6.53
Moyle 2.90 4.43
Newry and Mourne -1.70 -2.85
Newtownabbey 4.04 6.73
North Down 2.15 3.38
Omagh 3.50 6.36
Strabane 3.75 6.58

Council 1990–91
Actual p per cent.
Antrim 1.50 2.83
Ards 7.50 13.04
Armagh 3.50 7.95
Ballymena 3.00 6.82
Ballymoney 3.75 7.46
Banbridge 3.90 7.65
Belfast 4.12 4.91
Carrickfergus 3.75 5.70
Castlereagh 6.49 17.12
Coleraine 0.00
Cookstown 4.00 8.38
Craigavon 3.30 4.89
Derry 7.20 9.38
Down 2.00 2.94
Dungannon 3.75 8.52
Fermanagh 2.00 3.60
Larne 7.93 13.97
Limavady 3.50 7.45
Lisburn 1.99 3.71
Magherafelt 2.66 5.74
Moyle 5.82 8.51
Newry and Mourne 0.00
Newtownabbey 0.59 0.92
North Down 3.39 5.15
Omagh 5.80 9.91
Strabane 6.50 10.70

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