AQW 51690/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any funding allocated by his Department to each local council, in the last five years.
Asked by John Blair MLA on 11 September 2026
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 11 September 2026
- Answer due by
- 28 September 2026
- Answered
- 30 September 202619 days after tabling
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The following table sets out the total funding allocated by my Department to each local council over the last five years. Figures may be subject to rounding.
| Council Area | 21/22 | 22/23 | 23/24 | 24/25 | 25/26 |
| £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | |
| Antrim & Newtownabbey District Council | 160 | 243 | 5 | 12 | 2,468 |
| Ards and North Down Borough Council | 298 | 475 | 396 | 230 | 494 |
| Armagh City Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council | 944 | 254 | 163 | 35 | 72 |
| Belfast City Council | 596 | 191 | 207 | 97 | 332 |
| Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council | 249 | 464 | 19 | 103 | 146 |
| Derry City & Strabane District Council | 417 | 965 | 169 | 55 | 44 |
| Fermanagh & Omagh District Council | 2,110 | 500 | 257 | 5 | 140 |
| Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council | 213 | 106 | 81 | 15 | 23 |
| Mid and East Antrim Borough Council | 449 | 1,164 | 60 | 96 | 26 |
| Mid Ulster District Council | 226 | 1,342 | 303 | 5 | 66 |
| Newry Mourne & Down District Council | 1,602 | 1,508 | 733 | 218 | 490 |
| Grand Total | 7,264 | 7,212 | 2,393 | 871 | 4,301 |