AQW 21587/17-22


Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry


Tabled Date: 07/07/2021
Answered On Date: 16/07/2021
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the amount of money that has been distributed by the Dormant Accounts scheme in each of the last five years, broken down by constituency.


Answer:
The Dormant Accounts Fund opened to applications in January 2021. To date there have been 35 awards in 11 of the 18 Devolved Administration Constituencies as detailed in Table 1.
Table 1
Devolved Administration Constituency
Number of Awards
Value of Awards
Belfast East
7
£              573,501
Belfast North
6
£              362,425
Belfast South
6
£              559,931
Belfast West
4
£              304,982
East Antrim
2
£              196,795
East Londonderry
4
£              399,330
Foyle
1
£               76,000
Lagan Valley
1
£              100,000
Newry and Armagh
1
£               39,561
North Down
2
£              192,153
Upper Bann
1
£               86,928
Totals
35
£      2,891,606