HC Deb 27 July 1981 vol 9 cc361-2W
Mr. Peter Robinson

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what were the waiting list figures for housing in Dundonald district at 1 March 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1981, respectively; how many relets were allocated in this period; how many new dwellings were

Belfast District 2 Newtownbreda Dunmurry Lisburn Dundonald
Waiting List at 1 March 1978 2,029 1,124 792 950 499
Waiting List at 1 March 1979 1,691 1,081 839 797 534
Waiting List at 1 March 1980 2,027 1,302 592 1,028 642
Waiting List at 1 March 1981 2,039 1,731 814 1,572 1,051
Relets 1978–79 682 196 117 319 303
Relets 1979–80 317 228 204 268 291
Relets 1980–81 275 160 150 293 237
New Dwellings Allocated 1978–79 334 148 209 27
New Dwellings Allocated 1979–80 80 72
New Dwellings Allocated 1980–81 49 10 42

The new five year building programme is being prepared at present and will be ready for consultation with district councils in the autumn.

Mr. Peter Robinson

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of the housing stock in (a) East Belfast, comprising Belfast district 2 and (b) Castlereagh is publicly owned; and if he will give the figure for West Belfast, South Belfast and North Belfast.

Mr. David Mitchell

This is a matter for the Housing Executive, but the chairman of the Housing Executive has supplied the following information based on data collected for the 1979 house condition survey:

District Percentage of dwelling stock owned by NIHE

Per cent.

Belfast District 1 41.3
Belfast District 2 15.6
Belfast District 3 45.9
Belfast District 4 31.8
Belfast District 5 35.5
Belfast District 6 29.9
Belfast District 7 19.0
Castlereagh 42.8

allocated in the said period; and what measures are on hand to reduce the figures on the waiting list in each of the next five years;

(2) what were the waiting list figures for housing in the Newtownbreda district at 1 March 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1981, respectively; how many relets were allocated in this period; how many new dwellings were allocated in the same period; and what measures are on hand to reduce the figures on the waiting list in each of the next five years;

(3) if he will give the waiting list figures for housing in Dunmurry and Lisburn districts at 1 March 1978, 1979, 1980 and the current year, respectively; how many relets were allocated in this period; how many new dwellings were allocated in the same period; and what measures are in hand to reduce the figures on the waiting list in each of the next five years;

(4) if he will give the waiting list figures for housing in Belfast district 2 at 1 March 1978, 1979, 1980 and also the current year, respectively; how many relets were allocated in this period; how many new dwellings were allocated in the same period; and what measures are in hand to reduce the figures on the waiting list in each of the next five years.

Mr. David Mitchell

This is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, but the chairman has provided the following information:

In broad terms, east Belfast comprises district 2, north Belfast districts 4 and 6, south Belfast district 7 and west Belfast districts 1, 3 and 5.