§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table to show the rateable value of(a) each parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland, (b) each council area in Northern Ireland, (c) each district electoral area in each council area 271W and (d) each ward; and if he will indicate the rates due from each of the areas and the average sum due per elector in each such area or as much of such information as is conveniently available to him.
§ Mr. AtkinsResponsibility for the subject in question has been delegated to the Rates Collection Agency under its chief executive, Mr. David Gallagher.
Letter from D. W. Gallagher to Mr. William Ross, dated 26 April 1993:
As I am responsible for the Rate Collection Agency, the Secretary of State has asked me to reply to a Parliamentary
District council Rateable value Gross collectable rate Number of electors1 Average sum due per elector £ Antrim 13,086,494 10,905,708 30,958 352 Ards 15,968,462 12,620,098 49,716 254 Armagh 9,827,200 7,901,448 36,703 215 Ballymena 14,165,158 11,592,839 42,640 272 Ballymoney 4,777,996 3,761,182 17,865 211 Banbridge 7,477,586 5,946,285 27,052 220 Belfast 121,120,370 108,778,912 208,590 521 Carrickfergus 9,510,523 8,005,775 25,124 319 Castlereagh 14,062,542 10,944,271 47,998 228 Coleraine 14,517,282 11,619,154 37,328 311 Cookstown 5,393,031 4,276,577 21,813 196 Craigavon 19,153,959 16,036,148 54,814 293 Downpatrick 12,448,020 10,053,421 41,228 244 Dungannon 7,930,857 6,238,648 32,669 191 Fermanagh 10,293,054 8,410,694 39,608 212 Larne 8,327,225 7,152,082 22,601 316 Limavady 5,523,861 4,442,493 19,683 226 Lisburn 23,603,567 18,922,139 70,664 268 Derry 26,976,839 22,307,967 64,136 348 Magherafelt 6,154,202 4,833,848 25,856 187 Moyle 3,234,579 2,483,773 10,710 232 Newry 16,080,018 12,843,613 57,339 224 Newtownabbey 21,181,377 17,892,255 56,106 319 North Down 19,738,968 15,649,106 55,057 284 Omagh 9,299,768 7,777,179 31,404 248 Strabane 6,060,584 4,942,891 25,542 194 Total 425,913,522 356,338,506 1,153,204 309 1 Information provided by Electoral Office.