To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the amount her Department has spent on (i) consultant's fees; (ii) reports; (iii) design schemes; and (iv) business cases, in relation to the stability of the road at Portaferry Road, Newtownards, since 2012.

Following works undertaken in 2012 at Portaferry Road, Newtownards, a separate Technical Approval Scheme was not completed in relation to the carriageway resurfacing work.

Based on the information currently available, it is estimated that expenditure on consultant fees, reports, design work and business case development at a specific location on Portaferry Road since 2012 amounts to approximately £61k.