HC Deb 12 June 1980 vol 986 cc261-2W
11. Mr. Dubs

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many houses in Belfast are substandard.

Mr. Goodhart

The Northern Ireland Housing Executive house condition survey 1974 revealed that 29,750 dwellings in Belfast were unfit. Over the past five years more than £150 million has been spent by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive to improve this situation. Preliminary indications from a similar survey to be published later this year show that between 1974 and 1979, as a result of clearance, rebuilding and rehabilitation the number of unfit houses in Belfast has been reduced by over 40 per cent.