AQW 21587/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Finance
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the amount of money that has been distributed by the Dormant Accounts scheme in each of the last five years, broken down by constituency.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 7 July 2021
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 7 July 2021
- Answer due by
- 26 July 2021
- Answered
- 16 July 20219 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Finance
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Dormant Accounts Fund opened to applications in January 2021. To date there have been 35 awards in 11 of the 18 Devolved Administration Constituencies as detailed in Table 1.
Table 1
| Devolved Administration Constituency | Number of Awards | Value of Awards |
| Belfast East | 7 | £ 573,501 |
| Belfast North | 6 | £ 362,425 |
| Belfast South | 6 | £ 559,931 |
| Belfast West | 4 | £ 304,982 |
| East Antrim | 2 | £ 196,795 |
| East Londonderry | 4 | £ 399,330 |
| Foyle | 1 | £ 76,000 |
| Lagan Valley | 1 | £ 100,000 |
| Newry and Armagh | 1 | £ 39,561 |
| North Down | 2 | £ 192,153 |
| Upper Bann | 1 | £ 86,928 |
| Totals | 35 | £ 2,891,606 |