AQW 1688/17-22 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the current General Fund balances as a percentage of operating expenditure for each district council.
Asked by Andrew Muir MLA on 6 February 2020
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 6 February 2020
- Answer due by
- 21 February 2020
- Answered
- 26 February 202020 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
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% |