Mr. William O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list by county, the total numbers on housing waiting lists in Northern Ireland categorised as urgent need or A1; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Tim SmithThis is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive. I am advised by its chief executive that the information requested is available only by Housing Executive region. The numbers of applicants with Al status at 31 March 1994 were as follows:—
NI housing executive region AI applicants Belfast 557 South East 325 South 156 North East 214 West 438 Total 1,690
Northern Ireland housing executive region Number of applicants accepted as homeless (a) Families (b) Single men (c) Single women (d) Couples without children (e) Total Belfast 495 169 177 36 877 South East 404 91 134 51 680 South 299 71 103 35 508 North East 361 93 117 34 605 West 545 122 186 69 922 Total 2,104 546 717 225 3,592 A further 2,947 applicants were accepted as homeless during the period but were not deemed to be in priority need and not therefore classified as above.