AQW 47837/11-15

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 26/06/2015
Answered On Date: 08/07/2015
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Regional Development, pursuant to AQW 46967/11-15, whether there has been any reduction in the number of weekly trips by Partnerships, compared to the number of trips in January 2015, due to financial constraints.

Answer:

Grant funding allocations are awarded on a financial year basis, covering the period from April to March each year. Reductions in the level of grant awarded to Rural Community Transport Partnerships (RCTPs) were only introduced from April 2015, following the allocation of my Department’s 2015/16 budget.

In comparison to January 2015, the number of trips delivered in April 2015 by Rural Community Transport Partnerships rose from 18,023 trips to 18,520 trips. The statistics quoted have been supplied by the RCTPs.