§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if she will list for district partnership areas in the last financial year(a) the spending on community businesses and (b) the percentage of the productive investment budget this represents. [64210]
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§ Mr. Paul MurphyThe information requested is as follows:
Partnership £ 1. Antrim Borough Partnership 0 2. The Ards Partnership 77,810 3. Armagh City and District Partnership 0 4. Ballymena Partnership 26,028 5. Ballymoney District Partnership 25,725 6. Banbridge District Partnership 9,750 7. Belfast European Partnership Board 0 8. Carrickfergus Together 0 9. Castlereagh Partnership 0 10. Coleraine Borough Partnership 0 11. Cookstown District Partnership 0 12. Craigavon District Partnership 30,900 13. Derry District Partnership 0 14. Down District Partnership 92,226 15. Fermanagh Partnership 233,195 16. Larne Partnership 39,000 17. Limavady Partnership 0 18. Lisburn Partnership 0 19. Magherafelt Partnership 0 20. Moyle Partnership 27,249 21. Newry and Mourne 31,000 22. Newtownabbey Partnership 0 23. North Down Partnership 0 24. Omagh District Partnership 113,600 25. South Tyrone Partnership 0 26. Strabane District Partnership 285,000 In the first tranche of funding, the Productive Investment allocation was an indicative percentage of the total (£41 million). At 18 per cent., it represents approximately £7,380,000 over 3 years (this figure is approximate, taking into account Exchange Rate Fluctuations).The figures shown for District Partnerships in one year (£991,483) represents only 13.43 per cent. of the budget, but the budget is indicative only, and the figures only relate to one year.