Mr. John D. TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many members there are in each of the 26 local authorities; and what was the total amount of allowances and expenses paid to these members by each of the local authorities in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. HanleyThe information is set out in the table.
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Local Authority Number of Members Total amount of allowances and expenses paid to members by local authorities in each of the last five years 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1. Antrim 19 10,004 6,976 13,917 21,235 120,051 2. Ards 20 17,029 11,237 16,127 128,564 145,000 3. Armagh 22 14,835 2,531 12,962 22,796 127,007 4. Ballymena 23 14,597 7,887 18,203 27,152 30,958 5. Ballymoney 16 7,498 4,933 10,320 12,571 120,771 6. Banbridge 15 10,337 4,245 14,970 20,926 17,727 7. Belfast 51 55,861 34,387 53,721 104,544 186,459 8. Carrickfergus 15 13,249 6,050 18,987 134,832 141,012 9. Castlereagh 21 19,317 11,830 19,124 35,540 39,153 10. Coleraine 21 12,668 6,450 14,620 16,877 22,510 11. Cookstown 16 5,327 2,780 3,198 5,401 8,857 12. Craigavon 26 18,961 8,116 8,723 45,433 44,358 13. Derry 30 26,441 31,050 32,923 42,279 45,477 14, Down 23 21,537 16,842 27,430 33,092 135,464 15. Dungannon 22 11,060 9,314 12,564 19,489 24,301 16. Fermanagh 23 23,843 20,748 17,362 20,994 28,308 17. Lame 15 9,978 5,694 11,063 13,167 113,294 18. Limavady 15 11,778 5,172 13,460 18,640 121,731 19. Lisburn 28 26,751 11,675 33,598 52,053 59,345 20. Magherafelt 15 4,149 5,232 7,350 7,058 11,256 21. Moyle 15 8,620 8,970 11,820 12,719 118,978 22. Newry and Mourne 30 54,266 57,123 48,405 62,282 171,804 23. Newtownabbey 25 24,220 10,182 27,360 46,125 156,094 24. North Down 24 18,486 17,819 24,010 42,729 135,351 25. Omagh 21 19,834 19,007 27,354 32,548 1133,172 26. Strabane 15 31,615 20,344 22,976 27,845 138,258 Totals 566 492,261 346,594 522,547 806,891 896,697 1 Estimates.