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District Councils

Volume 982: debated on Thursday 3 April 1980

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asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons are employed by each of the 26 district councils; what is the expenditure on salaries, wages and associated costs; and how many are employed on the different functions of the councils, showing each function separately.

These are primarily matters for individual district councils. However, I understand that on 31 March

DistrictNon-ManualManualTotal
Antrim49115164
Ards45185230
Armagh72111183
Ballymena149154303
Ballymoney145266
Banbridge196685
Belfast1,2532,4283,681
Carrickfergus33111144
Castlereagh84170254
Coleraine64240304
Cookstown156580
Craigavon125364489
Down75122197
Dungannon29105134
Fermanagh55344399
Larne29128157
Limavady126072
Lisburn55221276
Londonderry137323460
Magherafelt186381
Moyle235275
Newry and Mourne68237305
Newtownabbey132228360
North Down73261334
Omagh86114200
Strabane39130169
Total2,7536,4499,202

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he will set out in the Official Report the amount and proportionate increase over the preceding years of the local rate for 1980–81

CouncilDistrict Rate 1979·80District Rate 1980·81Percentage Increase
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Antrim22·529·028·9
Ards24·036·050·0
Armagh20·6626·025·8
Ballymena23·027·017·4
Ballymoney19·525·530·8
Banbridge24·028·016·7
Belfast30·740130·6
Carrickfergus29·037·529·3
Castlereagh21·528·030·2
Coleraine27·034·527·8
Cookstown18·522·521·6
Craigavon32·037·015·6
Down23·030·030·4
Dungannon21·526·523·3
Fermanagh23·529·525·5
Larne30·035·016·7
Limavady20·024·522·5
Lisburn23·228·0620·9
Londonderry29·2439·535·1
Magherafelt16·019·018·8
Moyle25·032·028·0
Newry and Mourne22·527·020·0
Newtownabbey32·038·018·8
North Down24·032·033·3
Omagh19·023·523·7
Strabane26·031·019·2
It is for individual councils to explain the reasons for increases in their district rates.

1979 the numbers of full-time permanent staff were as follows:

struck by each of the district councils, together with an indication in each case of main reasons for the increase.

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the total expenditure, for the last year for which figures are available, on travel and subsistence expenses and attendance

CouncilAttendance allowances £Travelling and subsistence allowances £Total £
Antrim borough3,421·001,229·694,650·69
Ards borough4,828·001,611·226,439·22
Armagh district6,614·571,908·558,523·12
Ballymena borough9,120·121,156·3010,276·42
Ballymoney borough3,633·00907·504,540·50
Banbridge district4,818·051,418·996,237·04
Belfast city18,842·601,944·4120,787·01
Carrickfergus borough6,514·09509·087,023·17
Castlereagh borough4,265·30646·074,911·37
Coleraine borough6,748·743,022·119,770·85
Cookstown district3,916·001,468·605,384·60
Craigavon borough8,716·112,521·7011,237·81
Down district7,284·142,041·049,325·18
Dungannon district3,783·501,134·574,918·07
Fermanagh district6,802·504,802·5011,372·89
Larne borough3,941·69858·314,800·00
Limavady district3,877·501,250·695,128·19
Lisburn borough9,414·062,448·5911,862·65
Londonderry city9,941·002,437·6712,378·67
Magherafelt district3,910·501,805·775,716·27
Moyle district3,851·501,386·435,237·93
Newry and Mourne district16,179·206,622·0522,801·25
Newtownabbey borough8,039·001,636·229,675·22
North Down borough6,561·881,944·928,506·80
Omagh district5,619·642,330·767,950·40
Strabane district5,170·003,258·238,428·23
Totals175,581·5852,301·97227,883·55