AQO 3398/11-15


Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim


Tabled Date: 31/01/2013
Answered On Date: 12/02/2013
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development to outline the scores achieved against the defined set of criteria by the 23 local government districts for the relocation of her Department's headquarters.


Answer:
The process for identifying appropriate locations for my new headquarters was done in two stages – the first stage identified the 23 local government districts highlighted in the Spatial Framework of the Regional Development Strategy. These 23 areas were then scored against a set of 9 bespoke criteria. The scores for each of the 23 locations are as follows:-
Score of the 23 Potential Locations
Location
Score
Location
Score
Antrim
30
Down
53
Ards
50
Dungannon
49
Armagh
44
Fermanagh
41
Ballymena
35
Larne
45
Banbridge
57
Limavady
59
Belfast
34
Lisburn
24
Carrickfergus
17
Newry & Mourne
56
Castlereagh
20
Newtownabbey
21
Coleraine
37
North Down
23
Cookstown
53
Omagh
42
Craigavon
49
Strabane
73
Derry
51