AQW 47837/11-15 Written question to the Minister for Regional Development
To ask the Minister for Regional Development, pursuant to AQW 46967/11-15, whether there has been any reduction in the number of weekly trips by Partnerships, compared to the number of trips in January 2015, due to financial constraints.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 26 June 2015
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 26 June 2015
- Answer due by
- 15 July 2015
- Answered
- 8 July 201512 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Grant funding allocations are awarded on a financial year basis, covering the period from April to March each year. Reductions in the level of grant awarded to Rural Community Transport Partnerships (RCTPs) were only introduced from April 2015, following the allocation of my Department’s 2015/16 budget.
In comparison to January 2015, the number of trips delivered in April 2015 by Rural Community Transport Partnerships rose from 18,023 trips to 18,520 trips. The statistics quoted have been supplied by the RCTPs.