Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many of the old council housing authorities in 143W Northern Ireland operated a deposit system under which future tenants put down a sum of money when receiving the tenancy of a house; how many of these deposits are now still held by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive; what is the total sum involved; and if, since the Housing Executive does not operate such a deposit system, he will approach the executive and ask it to repay the deposits to the tenants.
§ Mr. CarterI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.