HC Deb 04 May 1978 vol 949 c278W
Mr. MacFarquhar

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the number of purpose-built retirement pensioner dwellings in Northern Ireland by district.

Mr. Carter

The Northern Ireland Housing Executive provides 11,370 such dwellings, as follows:

Belfast 1,274
Newtownabbey 845
Larne 155
Carrickfergus 362
Newtownards 549
North Down 601
Castlereagh 608
Ballymena 300
Antrim 217
Lisburn 557
Armagh 577
Craigavon 566
Down 313
Newry/Mourne 888
Banbridge 402
Londonderry 781
Limavady 372
Strabane 155
Coleraine 330
Moyle 163
Ballymoney 156
Magherafelt 308
Omagh 178
Cookstown 152
Dungannon 359
Fermanagh 202

Information on voluntary housing associations and the private sector is not readily available.