AQW 1688/17-22


Mr Andrew Muir
Alliance Party
North Down


Tabled Date: 06/02/2020
Answered On Date: 26/02/2020
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the current General Fund balances as a percentage of operating expenditure for each district council.


Answer:
The requested figures have been extracted from the 2018-19 certified accounts for each district council and are shown in the table below:
2018-19 Certified Accounts Figures
Council
General Fund
£’000
Operating Expenditure
£’000
General Fund as Percentage of Operating Expenditure
Antrim & Newtownabbey
7,341
55,271
13.3%
Ards & North Down
3,422
70,255
4.9%
Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon
19,798
85,555
23.1%
Belfast City Council
25,797
181,081
14.3%
Causeway Coast & Glens
3,672
60,818
6.2%
Derry & Strabane
5,119
71,453
7.2%
Fermanagh & Omagh
3,502
43,992
8.0%
Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council
18,776
56,758
33.1%
Mid & East Antrim Council
4,201
68,278
6.2%
Mid Ulster Council
5,030
46,961
10.7%
Newry Mourne & Down
11,870
74,099
16.0%