AQW 6062/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Infrastructure
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the Transport Programme for People with Disabilities grants, broken down by recipient, for each year since 2016.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 9 February 2024
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 9 February 2024
- Answer due by
- 26 February 2024
- Answered
- 22 February 202413 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Please see tables below setting out the level of grant by recipient in pounds (£), for each year since 2016.
Disability Action Transport Scheme
| 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | |
| Disability Action | £2,415,000 | £2,384,046 | £2,125,942 | £2,125,942 |
| 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | |
| Disability Action | £2,125,942 | £2,125,942 | £2,125,942 | £2,055,077 |
Shopmobility Schemes
| 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | |
| Shopmobility Ballymena | £26,866 | £26,866 | £26,866 | £25,523 |
| Shopmobility Carrickfergus | £15,102 | £15,102 | £15,102 | £9,575 |
| Shopmobility Belfast – Bangor | £11,000 | £11,000 | £11,000 | £10,450 |
| Shopmobility Belfast - Connswater | £25,500 | £25,500 | £25,500 | £24,225 |
| Shopmobility Belfast - Gresham | £24,500 | £24,500 | £24,500 | £23,275 |
| Shopmobility Belfast - Westgate | £30,000 | £30,000 | £30,000 | £28,500 |
| Shopmobility Mid Ulster - Cookstown | £30,000 | £30,000 | £30,000 | £28,500 |
| Shopmobility Mid Ulster - Dungannon | £27,000 | £27,000 | £27,000 | £25,650 |
| Shopmobility Enniskillen | £30,000 | £30,000 | £30,000 | £28,500 |
| Shopmobility Foyle | £30,000 | £30,000 | £30,000 | £28,500 |
| Shopmobility Lisburn | £13,000 | £13,000 | £13,000 | £12,350 |
| Shopmobility Magherafelt | £23,409 | £23,409 | £23,408 | £22,238 |
| Shopmobility Newry | £30,000 | £30,000 | £30,000 | £28,500 |
| Shopmobility Omagh | £19,000 | £19,000 | £19,000 | £18,050 |
| Shopmobility NI | £30,519 | £26,500 | £26,500 | £25,175 |
Shopmobility Schemes (continued)
| 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | |
| Shopmobility Ballymena | £28,723 | £25,523 | £25,523 | £25,523 |
| Shopmobility Carrickfergus | £15,947 | £14,347 | £14,347 | £14,347 |
| Shopmobility Belfast – Bangor | £10,450 | £10,450 | £10,450 | £0 |
| Shopmobility Belfast - Connswater | £24,225 | £24,225 | £24,225 | £24,225 |
| Shopmobility Belfast - Gresham | £23,275 | £23,275 | £23,275 | £23,275 |
| Shopmobility Belfast - Westgate | £28,500 | £28,500 | £28,500 | £28,500 |
| Shopmobility Mid Ulster - Cookstown | £33,750 | £28,500 | £38,850 | £28,500 |
| Shopmobility Mid Ulster - Dungannon | £31,250 | £25,650 | £25,650 | £25,650 |
| Shopmobility Enniskillen | £29,690 | £28,500 | £28,500 | £28,500 |
| Shopmobility Foyle | £32,054 | £28,500 | £28,500 | £28,500 |
| Shopmobility Lisburn | £12,350 | £12,350 | £12,350 | £12,350 |
| Shopmobility Magherafelt | £22,238 | £22,238 | £22,238 | £5,560 |
| Shopmobility Newry | £28,500 | £28,500 | £28,500 | £28,500 |
| Shopmobility Omagh | £18,050 | £18,050 | £18,050 | £18,050 |
| Shopmobility NI | £25,175 | £25,175 | £25,175 | £25,175 |
Inclusive Mobility and Transport Advisory Committee
| 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | |
| Inclusive Mobility and Transport Advisory Committee | £58,000 | £58,000 | £66,600 | £64,000 |
| 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | |
| Inclusive Mobility and Transport Advisory Committee | £53,100 | £53,000 | £62,000 | £63,000 |
Easibus Services
| 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | |
| Translink | £89,828 | £86,833 | £86,833 | £86,833 |
| 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | |
| Translink | £86,833 | £89,671 | £22,461 | - |
As of 2023/24, the Easibus service is now funded via the Translink Public Service Agreement.