AQW 40626/11-15


Mr Phil Flanagan
Sinn Féin
Fermanagh and South Tyrone


Tabled Date: 13/01/2015
Answered On Date: 28/01/2015
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of the Environment to provide details of the Landfill Communities Fund, including (i) the total claimed by each council in each year since the fund was established; (ii) the total paid out in grants by each council since the fund was established; and (iii) the current accumulated balances held by each council.


Answer:
Landfill Tax is a reserved matter and is administered by HMRC on behalf of the Treasury.
All of the revenue that is raised through landfill tax in Northern Ireland goes to the UK Exchequer. Since 2003/04, as a Barnett consequential, Northern Ireland has received an allocation from the landfill tax. However, there is no direct link between the area in which the revenue is raised and where it is spent. The use of all funding that is allocated through the Barnett formula is a matter for the Executive.
Some further monies raised through landfill taxes are returned to Northern Ireland through the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF). The Fund (formerly the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme) enables landfill site operators to claim tax credit for contributions they make to approved environmental bodies for spending on projects that benefit the environment. The environmental bodies are those enrolled by ENTRUST, the regulatory body for the scheme.
Only councils that operate landfill sites are eligible to participate in the scheme and they may make contributions to environmental bodies, which will then hold the balance of any unspent funds. Details of the total annual amounts claimed, and the amounts paid out to environmental bodies by councils in each year since the fund was established are contained in the attached tables.
TABLE 1 AMOUNTS CLAIMED BY NI COUNCILS
1996/97 – 2004/05
Council
1996/97
1997/98
1998/99
1999/00
2000/01
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04
2004/05
Antrim Borough Council
46,833.00
15,974.39
Armagh City & District Council
22,301.45
Ballymena Borough Council
76,251.90
49,274.38
61,247.08
66,085.55
73,701.84
119039.70
64,791.52
44,803.16
67,670.00
Ballymoney Borough Council
28,770.62
31,902.46
34,342.81
87,690.35
21,254.06
24,433.96
Belfast City Council
167,400.00
134,510.00
129,041.57
328,521.00
480,215.32
643,447.45
270,995.64
307,558.42
448,522.91
Castlereagh Borough Council
18,000.00
43,956.00
61,629.30
64,157.78
56,160.00
Coleraine Borough Council
54,692.10
49,361.40
61,385.87
77,904.30
115,610.39
101,030.00
86,895.00
61,032.92
61,288.97
Cookstown District Council
90,936.17
75,729.68
75,474.60
72,904.00
107,201.60
41,298.21
22,105.50
27,929.08
Craigavon Borough Council
81,672.96
80,170.27
90,945.00
111,110.39
98,823.81
170,490.46
92,503.49
30,567.82
38,919.74
Derry City Council
184,572.59
91,423.95
18,714.00
144,000.00
58,500.00
173,970.00
191,831.41
108,022.66
63,451.20
Down District Council
35,608.30
37,100.10
44,990.46
56,290.31
122,991.95
262,005.14
184,078.00
45,498.62
34,962.70
Fermanagh District Council
50,000.00
49,500.00
62,100.00
75,600.00
88,200.00
96,300.00
64,800.00
34,200.00
26,646.53
Limavady Borough Council
25,585.40
22,212.57
27,000.00
26,223.08
36,347.06
42,674.31
18,569.00
9,916.43
Lisburn City Council
95,587.34
77,533.65
48,486.30
82,306.65
105,413.50
139,417.83
83,150.63
1,023.90
Magherafelt District Council
32,055.40
32,614.90
41,269.24
50,151.38
55,188.15
94,496.44
74,528.20
39,885.25
11,969.00
Moyle District Council
12,541.50
16,501.50
16,030.80
14,616.90
Newry & Mourne District Council
58,271.66
64,070.77
76,521.97
101,420.40
109,520.90
128,279.95
88,319.78
51,483.23
52,965.39
2005/06 – 2013/14
Council
2005/06
2006/07
2007/08
2008/09
2009/10
2010/11
2011/12
2012/13
2013/14
Antrim Borough Council
Armagh City & District Council
Ballymena Borough Council
102,107.00
60,507.97
Ballymoney Borough Council
Belfast City Council
473,553.72
430,178.33
Castlereagh Borough Council
Coleraine Borough Council
72,956.66
85,255.66
85,137.68
84,271.66
94,894.70
175,231.00
225,091.07
196,641.20
149,896.15
Cookstown District Council
34,013.60
58,522.80
51,922.38
45,650.36
70,622.42
95,403.47
96,612.79
122,211.06
123,022.60
Craigavon Borough Council
48,307.54
7,740.00
Derry City Council
26,151.50
46,022.78
Down District Council
35,313.06
54,746.64
59,611.08
69,887.85
78,829.00
78,801.43
72,347.40
91,630.63
109,113.30
Fermanagh District Council
44,420.00
52,139.67
57,747.75
66,316.20
69,480.00
6,910.30
64,555.20
69,975.00
72,834.30
Limavady Borough Council
Lisburn City Council
Magherafelt District Council
30,582.00
26,373.05
13,145.40
27,376.33
27,005.40
27,029.43
35,418.84
1,9244.58
239.65
Moyle District Council
Newry & Mourne District Council
57,656.24
68,160.07
77,032.55
92,498.24
100,483.91
108,846.46
112,739.35
126,820.37
121,800.60
TABLE 2
CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED BY ENVIRONMENTAL BODIES FROM NI COUNCILS
1996/97 – 2004/05
Council
1996/97
1997/98
1998/99
1999/00
2000/01
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04
2004/05
Antrim Borough Council
52,036.66
17,749.32
Armagh City & District Council
24,779.39
Ballymena Borough Council
84,724.33
54,749.31
68,052.31
73,428.39
81890.93
132,266.35
71,990.58
49,781.29
75,188.96
Ballymoney Borough Council
31,967.36
35,447.18
38,158.68
97,433.72
23,615.62
27,148.84
Belfast City Council
186,000.00
149,455.58
143,379.53
365,023.34
533,572.58
714,941.62
301,106.27
341,731.58
498,358.79
Castlereagh Borough Council
20,000.00
48,840.00
68,477.00
71,286.42
62,400.00
Coleraine Borough Council
60,769.00
54,846.00
68,206.52
86,560.34
128,455.99
112,255.54
96,550.11
67,814.36
68,098.86
Cookstown District Council
101,040.19
84,144.09
83,860.66
81,004.89
119,112.89
45,886.90
24,561.66
31,032.31
Craigavon Borough Council
90,747.73
89,078.08
101,050.02
123,455.99
109,804.23
189,433.85
102,781.65
33,964.25
43,244.15
Derry City Council
205,080.66
101,582.16
21,904.44
160,000.00
65,000.00
193,300.00
213,146.02
120,025.18
70,501.33
Down District Council
39,564.78
41,222.34
49,989.40
62,544.79
136,657.73
291,116.83
204,531.14
50,554.02
38,847.45
Fermanagh District Council
55,555.55
55,000.00
69,000.00
84,000.00
98,000.00
107,000.00
72,000.00
38,000.00
29,607.26
Limavady Borough Council
28,428.22
24,680.63
30,000.00
29,136.76
40,385.62
47,415.90
20,632.22
11,018.26
Lisburn City Council
106,208.16
86,148.50
53,873.66
91,451.83
117,126.13
154,908.71
92,389.59
1,137.67
Magherafelt District Council
35,617.10
36,238.77
45,854.71
55,723.76
61,320.16
104,996.04
82,809.10
44,316.94
13,298.89
Moyle District Council
13,935.00
18,335.00
17,812.00
16,241.00
Newry & Mourne District Council
64,751.84
71,189.75
85,024.41
112,689.33
121,689.89
142,533.27
98,132.42
57,203.59
58,850.43
2005/06 – 2013/14
Council
2005/06
2006/07
2007/08
2008/09
2009/10
2010/11
2011/12
2012/13
2013/14
Antrim Borough Council
Armagh City & District Council
Ballymena Borough Council
113,452.25
67,231.08
Ballymoney Borough Council
Belfast City Council
526,170.80
477,975.93
Castlereagh Borough Council
Coleraine Borough Council
81,062.96
94,728.51
94,597.42
93,635.18
105,438.55
194,701.14
250,101.19
218,490.23
166,551.28
Cookstown District Council
37,792.89
65,025.34
57,691.53
50,722.62
78,469.36
106,003.86
107,347.54
135,790.07
136,691.77
Craigavon Borough Council
53,675.04
8,600.03
Derry City Council
29,057.23
51,136.43
Down District Council
39,236.73
60,829.60
66,234.53
77,653.17
87,587.80
87,557.14
80,386.01
101,811.81
121,237.01
Fermanagh District Council
49,355.56
57,932.97
64,164.17
73,684.67
77,200.00
74,344.78
71,728.00
77,750.00
80,927.00
Limavady Borough Council
Lisburn City Council
Magherafelt District Council
33,980.80
29,303.39
14,606.00
30,418.14
30,005.99
30,032.70
39,354.26
2,161.75
266.28
Moyle District Council
Newry & Mourne District Council
64,062.49
75,733.41
85,591.73
102,775.82
111,648.79
120,940.52
125,265.84
140,911.53
135,334.02