§ Mr. Carsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what written and verbal representations were made to the Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office, whose responsibilities included prison matters, in January 1975 about the allocation of rehabilitation housing contracts in West Belfast, by the Northern Ireland Community Development Centre or Association; if the Northern Ireland Community Development Centre advocated that jobs on this work should be available for ex-detainees in general; and what the Minister's reaction was.
§ Mr. CarterThe Chairman of the Resettlement Association for Northern Ireland came to see my right hon. Friend the Member for Salford, West (Mr. Orme), then Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office, on 13th January 1975, and subsequently wrote to him with a list of what he regarded as practical suggestions to alleviate difficulties which he saw as facing released detainees and prisoners. The list included a generalised suggestion that the Northern Ireland Housing Executive should give contracts for the maintenance of housing stock to "local employment groups". As the Housing Executive was responsible for maintaining its own housing stock, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Planning, now incorporated in the Department of the Environment, did no more than pass this suggestion on to the Director-General of the Housing Executive for consideration, and the Minister of State
Before October 1975 After October 1975; £ £ Andersonstown Co-Operative Limited … … … 11,049 7,283 O'Neill Bros. … … … 10,920 7,376 Broadway Building Works … … … 15,996 6,623