Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what are at present the amounts owing in each local government area in Northern Ireland for rent and rates for persons in public housing, excluding those sums owed by persons on rent and rate strike;
(2) what are the amounts still outstanding as a result of the rent and rate strike in each local government area in Northern Ireland in respect of: (a) publicly-owned housing and (b) privately-owned housing.
§ Mr. Concannon,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 12th July 1976; Vol. 915, c. 46], stated the following:
Information in the form requested is not available as it is not possible to distinguish between arrears resulting from the rent and rates strike and arrears for other reasons; and because information on arrears in the public sector is not kept by local government district. However, total arrears for rent and rates at 31st May 1976 in the public sector for each Housing Executive district is as follows:
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District Arrears (£) Belfast 1 … … 414,221 Belfast 2 … … 153,310 Belfast 3 … … 816,530 Belfast 4 … … 255,565 Belfast 5 … … 195,203 Belfast 6 … … 232,610 Newtownabbey 1 … … 103,867 Newtownabbey 2 … … 80,356 Larne … … 43,584 Carrickfergus … … 114,279 Newtownards 1 … … 20,730 Newtownards 2 … … 5,274 Bangor … … 69,497 Dundonald … … 72,068 Newtownbreda … … 19,219 Lisburn … … 63,243 Dunmurry … … 125,663 Newry 1 … … 138,387 Newry 2 … … 127,859 Kilkeel … … 722 Downpatrick … … 66,210 Banbridge … … 24,572 Craigavon … … 121,007 Lurgan … … 141,912 Portadown … … 53,937 Armagh … … 113,685 Ballymena … … 41,330 Antrim … … 82,521 Omagh … … 25,356 Cookstown … … 10,629 Dungannon … … 95,265 Enniskillen … … 57,463 Londonderry 1 … … 368,994
Londonderry 2 … … 226,923 Londonderry 3 … … 274,127 Limavady … … 66,301 Strabane … … 204,570 Coleraine … … 43,973 Ballycastle … … 19,754 Ballymoney … … 21,667 Magherafelt … … 25,331 Total £5,197,720 Total arrears for rates in the private sector at 31st March 1976 for each local government district were as follows:
District £ Antrim … 31,306 Ards … 39,766 Armagh … 73,095 Ballymena … 42,438 Ballymoney … 9,548 Banbridge … 33,477 Belfast … 2,458,037 Carrickfergus … 24,934 Castlereagh … 75,083 Coleraine … 45,492 Cookstown … 12,238 Craigavon … 149,927 Down … 222,844 Dungannon … 17,542 Fermanagh … 19,953 Larne … 10,817 Limavady … 7,567 Lisburn … 215,671 Londonderry … 392,240 Magherafelt … 29,801 Moyle … 12,043 Newry and Mourne … 180,317 Newtownabbey … 94,445 North Down … 178,267 Omagh … 30,827 Strabane … 20,543 Total … 4,428,218 No information is available about rent arrears in the private sector.