WELB spent £6 million on fuel
THE Western Education and Library Board (WELB) spent over £6m in fuel over the past five years - the highest expenditure of any board in Northern Ireland, the Education Minister John O’Dowd has advised.
The expenditure was incurred between 2006 and 2011.
The total sum spent was £6,047,000, with the highest expenditure in 2010/11 (£1,335,000).
Mr O’Dowd detailed the spending in response to an Assembly Question tabled by SDLP MLA Patsy McGlone.