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).