§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when the Housing Executive expects to complete its next review of the costings it employs in determining the amount of grant aid to be paid under its housing grant schemes; when the last review was completed; and when the present level of costings was applied to the determination of these schemes. [9122]
§ Mr. MossIt is assumed that the costings in question refer to the schedule of rates which the Northern Ireland Housing Executive uses to draw up an estimate of the cost of grant-aided works. This is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive whose chief executive has advised me that costings are monitored and adjusted if necessary, on an ongoing basis, and are reviewed annually. The next annual review is due in April 1996. The last review was completed in, and implemented from, April 1995 and forms the basis of the present costings.