§ 20. Mr. Peter Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many houses he intends to build in the next 10 years in the inner East Belfast area and the borough of Castlereagh; how many substandard houses it is anticipated will be demolished in the same areas during the same period; and how 365W many have already been demolished to clear sites for development.
§ Mr. GoodhartThe Housing Executive is currently drawing up detailed programmes for new building, redevelopment, rehabilitation and planned maintenance in Belfast and Castlereagh taking into account available financial resources. Belfast City Council and Castlereagh Borough Council will be consulted about these programmes. At present, the Housing Executive and Housing Associations have five contracts for 203 new dwellings under construction, at a cost of £4.1 million, in the Housing Executive's District 2 area in Belfast and preliminary indications suggest that in 1980.81 ten contracts for a further 573 dwellings could commence, at a cost of £.11.5 million.
I will arrange for the Chairman of the Executive to write to the hon. Member to provide information already available on demolition.