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Northern Ireland Office

Answer

Mr. William Ross: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list for each council in Northern Ireland (i) the electorate, (ii) the population and (iii) the council debt (a) in total, (b) per head of electorate, (c) per head of the total population and (d) as a percentage of annual income at the latest date for which figures are available. [18516] Mr. Moss: The information requested is set out in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Council Electorate mid Population mid Total council Council debt per Council debt per Total council summer 1995 summer 1995 debt for 1995-98 head of head of civilian debt as £ electorate £ population £ percentage of annual income for 1995-96 Antrim 31,793 46,400 6,654,277.00 209.30 143.41 134.77 Ards 51,050 66,700 9,982,147.00 195.54 149.66 131.32 Armagh 37,454 52,400 7,943,190.00 212.08 151.59 152.91 Ballymena 43,135 57,400 6,418,230.00 148.79 111.82 133.23 Ballymoney 18,107 24,600 1,697,563.00 93.75 69.01 70.54 Banbridge 27,644 37,300 4,991,104.00 180.55 133.81 127.08 Belfast 204,641 296,300 32,629,900.00 159.45 110.12 57.68 Carrickfergus 25,938 34,900 4,246,926.00 163.73 121.69 105.99 Casilereagh 48,825 63,400 9,382,079.00 192.16 147.98 164.36 Coleraine 38,231 54,100 7,948,121.00 207.90 146.92 123.39 Cookstown 22,229 31,300 280,440.00 12.62 8.96 10.29 Craigavon 55,432 77,900 11,401,098.00 205.68 146.36 121.98 Derry 66,604 101,700 17,528,766.00 263.18 172.36 117.56 Down 42,297 60,000 5,388,249.00 127.39 89.80 73.90 Dungannon 33,127 46,100 1,156,761.00 34.92 25.09 28.10 Fermanagh 40,335 54,700 1,457,629.00 36.14 26.65 27.36 Larne 22,765 30,000 4,593,901.00 201.80 153.13 125.67 Limavady 20,184 30,100 2,940,431.00 145.68 97.69 98.45 Lisburn 72,584 103,600 4,775,926.00 65.80 46.10 51.53 Magherarfelt 26,336 37,000 609,261.00 23.13 16.47 17.37 Moyle 10,939 14,800 1,391,429.00 127.20 94.02 80.46 Newry and Mourne 58,647 83,500 15,686,535.00 267.47 187.86 177.45 Newtonabbey 57,187 78,600 14,060,530.00 245.87 178.89 150.25 North Down 56,062 73,000 16,032,743.00 285.98 219.63 168.73 Omagh 31,806 46,200 7,245,187.00 227.79 156.82 148.65 Strabane 26,001 36,100 3,355,454.00 129.05 92.95 82.51 Total 1,169,353 1,638,100 199,797,877.00 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

18516; 291 c664W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Debts Electorate Local government Northern Ireland Local government finance Population Per capita costs

Contains statistics

Yes