§ Mr. Peter Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many adaptations to dwellings have been carried out by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive for handicapped persons for each of the past five years; and what is the present waiting list in each district;
(2) how many home lifts have been installed by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive for each of the past three years; and what is the present waiting list in each district.
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§ Mr. GoodhartThese are matters for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive but I understand that adaptations have been carried out as follows:
Year Ended March No. of Adaptations 1976 Not available 1977 1,084 1978 1,201 1979 1,940 1980 2,425 A total of 86 lifts have been installed in Housing Executive property up to 31 March 1980. Information on the number of people waiting for lifts is not readily available but the numbers of cases currently being processed for adaptations of all kinds, including lifts, by region at 31 March were as follows:
Region No. of Tenants South-East 117 South 278 West 71 North-West 163 Belfast 68 North-East 125 Details of the numbers of cases being processed by district are not readily available.
§ Mr. Peter Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many sheltered dwellings the Northern Ireland Housing Executive plans to build in the next five years for the physically disabled in the Belfast and South Eastern regions; and what are the locations of, and numbers on, each site;
(2) how many sheltered dwellings have been built in each estate by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive for the physically disabled in the Belfast and South Eastern regions, respectively.
§ Mr. GoodhartThese matters are the responsibility of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and I am asking the chairman of the Executive to write to the hon. Member.