AQW 8684/11-15 Written question to the Minister of the Environment
To ask the Minister of the Environment to detail the district councils that (i) tender; and (ii) do not tender for legal services.
Asked by Stewart Dickson MLA on 22 February 2012
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 22 February 2012
- Answer due by
- 8 March 2012
- Answered
- 2 April 201240 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of the Environment
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The information requested is provided in the attached table.
| Tender | Do not tender |
| Antrim Borough Council | Ballymoney Borough Council |
| Ards Borough Council | Banbridge District Council * |
| Armagh City and District Council | Belfast City Council^ |
| Ballymena Borough Council | Carrickfergus Borough Council |
| Cookstown District Council | Castlereagh Borough Council |
| Craigavon Borough Council | Coleraine Borough Council * |
| Lisburn City Council | Derry City Council |
| Newtownabbey Borough Council | Down District Council^ |
| North Down Borough Council | Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council |
| Fermanagh District Council * | |
| Larne Borough Council | |
| Limavady Borough Council | |
| Magherafelt District Council | |
| Moyle District Council | |
| Newry & Mourne District Council** | |
| Omagh District Council | |
| Strabane District Council |
^Please note Belfast City Council has its own in-house legal department and therefore does not need to tender. Down District Council also uses this legal facility.
* reported that although they do not formally tender they seek competition from a formal approved panel of solicitors.
** reported that it does tender for HR legal services.
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