SCHEDULE 1
PART IIMeasures applied to adjust for additional needs
4
Measures applied to adjust for additional needs are—
a
deprivation;
b
an influx of additional population; and
c
sparsity.
5
Measures, weighted in accordance with paragraph 7, to the extent specified in paragraph 6(1), which shall be applied to population data, to adjust for—
a
deprivation, are—
i
income deprivation scores; and
ii
employment deprivation scores;
b
an influx of additional population, are—
i
tourist bed-nights; and
ii
travel to work data;
c
sparsity, are—
i
population density; and
ii
private household data.
Extent of adjustment6
1
For the purposes of paragraph 4, the extent of adjustment made to the population of a local government district shall be in the same proportion as the total Northern Ireland expenditure on each key service relative to specified needs is to the total Northern Ireland expenditure.
2
The key services to which sub-paragraph (1) relates are—
a
community services;
b
economic development;
c
waste collection;
d
other cleaning; and
e
tourism.
Population Adjustment Methodology
7
The Department shall adjust population to address—
a
deprivation in a local government district, by taking the following steps—
i
application of the employment scores with a 50 percent weighting and income scores with a 50 percent weighting, making an adjustment of the proportion that community services expenditure is to total expenditure;
ii
application of the employment scores with a 100 percent weighting, making an adjustment for each of the proportion that economic development expenditure is to total expenditure;
iii
application of the income scores with a 50 percent weighting, making an adjustment of the proportion that tourism expenditure is to total expenditure;
b
an influx of additional population into a local government district, by taking the following steps—
i
application of tourist bed-nights factors with a 50 percent weighting, making an adjustment of the proportion that tourism expenditure is to total expenditure;
ii
application of tourist bed-nights factors with a 50 percent weighting and travel to work factors with a 50 percent weighting, making an adjustment of the proportion that other cleaning expenditure is to total expenditure; and
c
sparsity in a local government district, by taking the following step—
application of mid-year population density data with a 25 percent weighting and private household data with a 75 percent weighting, making an adjustment of the proportion that waste collection expenditure is to total expenditure.
8
The total adjustment which the Department shall make to the home population of a local government district shall be the sum of the results, which may be positive or negative, of the adjustments made in accordance with paragraphs 7(a), 7(b) and 7(c).