Written Answers to Questions - Northern Ireland Assembly

Friday 20 July 2012 Written Answers
The legislation does not provide councils with an explicit power to alter the name of a street (or road).
The procedure to be undertaken by councils in changing the name of a street (or road) is not detailed in
the legislation and is a matter for each individual council.
I am aiming to issue for consultation proposals on street names, which will include the issue of
providing councils with explicit powers to rename streets, by the end of the year.
Supplier Invoices Paid by Councils During 2011/12
Mr Campbell asked the Minister of the Environment, in relation to supplier invoices paid by councils
during the 2011/12 financial year, to detail (i) the number of invoices paid; and (ii) how many invoices
were paid (a) within 30 days; and (b) later than 30 days, following receipt of the supplier’s invoice.
(AQW 13536/11-15)
Mr Attwood: The overall total of invoices paid by each council during the 2011/2012 financial year,
plus the number paid both within and outside of 30 days, is provided in the attached table.
Council
Total No
of invoices
(i)
WA 541
Paid within
30 days
(ii) (a)
Paid outside
of 30 days
(ii) (b)
Antrim 10,176 3,208 6,968
Ards 12,224 11,680 544
Armagh 10,043 9,175 868
Ballymena 12,005 10,921 1,084
Ballymoney 5,315 1,896 (a) 3,419 (a)
Banbridge 5,090 3,227 1,863 (b)
Belfast 52,317 41,988 10,329
Carrickfergus 6,333 4,620 1,713
Castlereagh 12,113 N/P* N/P*
Coleraine 12,306 7,876 (c) 4,430 (c)
Cookstown 6,009 5,909 100
Craigavon 12,806 6,122 6,684
Derry 21,826 15,138 6,688
Down 10,734 (d) 10,197 537
Dungannon 5,546 4,971 575
Fermanagh 9,391 7,925 1,466
Larne 5,080 3,473 1,607
Limavady 6,579 3,838 (e) 2,741 (e)
Lisburn 12,419 10,249 2,170
Magherafelt 6,475 6,387 88
Moyle 3,172 1,684 1,488
Newry & Mourne 14,029 11,223 (f) 2,806 (f)
Newtownabbey 15,782 12,208 3,574