Housing Associations

HC Deb 11 July 1984 vol 63 cc589-90W

Rev. Ian Paisley

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many houses have been sold by housing associations in Northern Ireland to their tenants; and which housing associations have made these sales.

Mr. Chris Patten

The information is as follows:

Housing Association	Number of houses sold
Belfast Improved Houses	2
Botanic	1
Coral Crescent	34
Derry	76
Dungannon and District	9
St. Matthews	1
Total	123

Mr. Scott

Expenditure on prison education in Northern Ireland is recorded for the prisons (including the young offenders centre) as a whole and not for individual institutions. During the last five years expenditure was as follows:

	£
1979–80	289,100
1980–81	394,600
1981–82	439,000
1982–83	501,200
1983–84	521,200