AQW 20802/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Infrastructure
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the budget allocated for salt boxes in the last three years, broken down by constituency.
Asked by Connie Egan MLA on 17 January 2025
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 17 January 2025
- Answer due by
- 3 February 2025
- Answered
- 7 February 202521 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- No
Answer
My Department does not hold the information in the format requested, however the table below sets out the cost of salt used in salt boxes, salt/grit piles and for gritting of the roads network by Roads Divisions for the last three financial years.
| Division | £m | ||
| 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | |
| North | 0.6 | 1.00 | 0.8 |
| South | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| East | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| West | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.9 |