The BBC report some of the detail from a written answer from the Environment Minister, the DUP’s Sammy Wilson, on the scale of Local Council debt [scroll down] – total debt £376,624,626. And £30,309,077 of that total is owed by Ballymena Borough Council, Derry City Council owes £21,061,374, Coleraine £27,839,209, Belfast £20,875,428, Armagh £21,633,264, Lisburn £21,062,197, Newry and Mourne £21,779,190, Newtonabbey £28,362,873, North Down £24,445,650, and Antrim £23,097,402. But, importantly, £11,513,780 of Ballymena’s borrowing is “repayable on demand or within 12 months”. [Adds “from council’s 2007/2008 uncertified accounts”].
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Local Councils
Mr Weir asked the Minister of the Environment to detail the level of debt of each local council.
(AQW 2264/09)
The Minister of the Environment: The level of debt of each district council, which has been extracted from council’s 2007/2008 uncertified accounts, is detailed below.
|
District Council |
2007 / 2008 £ |
2007 / 2008 Borrowing repayable within a period in excess of 12 months £ |
2007 / 2008 £ |
|
Antrim |
1,971,355 |
21,126,047 |
23,097,402 |
|
Ards |
638,312 |
14,455,187 |
15,093,499 |
|
Armagh |
879,724 |
20,753,540 |
21,633,264 |
|
Ballymena |
11,513,780 |
18,795,297 |
30,309,077 |
|
Ballymoney |
404,051 |
9,160,350 |
9,564,401 |
|
Banbridge |
762,940 |
12,365,941 |
13,128,881 |
|
Belfast |
9,713 |
20,865,715 |
20,875,428 |
|
Carrickfergus |
393,505 |
13,373,431 |
13,766,936 |
|
Castlereagh |
237,997 |
17,737,682 |
17,975,679 |
|
Coleraine |
1,899,632 |
25,939,577 |
27,839,209 |
|
Cookstown |
51,493 |
1,668,056 |
1,719,549 |
|
Craigavon |
1,294,207 |
6,925,910 |
8,220,117 |
|
Derry |
1,095,354 |
19,966,020 |
21,061,374 |
|
Down |
982,175 |
14,415,109 |
15,397,284 |
|
Dungannon and South Tyrone |
143,717 |
1,887,236 |
2,030,953 |
|
Fermanagh |
229,432 |
2,294,199 |
2,523,631 |
|
Larne |
339,189 |
5,887,735 |
6,226,924 |
|
Limavady |
177,134 |
8,806,286 |
8,983,420 |
|
Lisburn |
907,227 |
20,154,970 |
21,062,197 |
|
Magherafelt |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Moyle |
295,978 |
8,309,192 |
8,605,170 |
|
Newry and Mourne |
2,059,129 |
19,720,061 |
21,779,190 |
|
Newtownabbey |
1,192,793 |
27,170,080 |
28,362,873 |
|
North Down |
1,085,641 |
23,360,009 |
24,445,650 |
|
Omagh |
514,507 |
9,886,778 |
10,401,285 |
|
Strabane |
53,383 |
2,467,850 |
2,521,233 |
|
Total |
29,132,368 |
347,492,258 |
376,624,626 |
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