HC Deb 25 July 1984 vol 64 cc735-7W
Mr. Peter Robinson

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many new houses have been built by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive in each of the

NIHE District Office £
Strabane 59
Omagh 54
Cookstown 61
Dungannon 52
Enniskillen 49

Notes: Calculated by dividing each district office staff costs total (excluding work on house renovation grants) by the stock of dwellings in the district.

Mr. Peter Robinson

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was spent in each of the last five years on repairs to Northern Ireland Housing Executive properties in each of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive districts in each of the last five years.

Mr. Chris Patten

This is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, but I understand from the chairman that expenditure on housing maintenance was as follows:

housing districts in Belfast in each of the last five years; and how many new built houses are proposed in each of these districts for each of the next two years.

Mr. Chris Patten

This is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executing, but I understand from the chairman that the available information is as follows:

(a) New Houses Built (b)New Houses Proposed
District 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86
1 193 67 22 136 23 60 20
2 84 101 185 395 313 181 293
3 26 68 95 300 116 200 264
4 66 71 124 269 167 200 75
5 131 118 179 109 109 134 246
6 269 199 198 219 377 222 217
7 23 151 64 321 384 337 245
Total 792 775 867 1,749 1,489 1,334 1,360

Mr. Peter Robinson

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how much has been spent by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive on (i) new builds and (ii) rehabilitation in each of the housing districts in Belfast in each of the last five years;

(2) how much the Northern Ireland Housing Executive proposes to spend on (a) new build and (b) rehabilitation in each of the housing districts in Belfast in each of the next five years.

(i) New Build
Expenditure Proposed Expenditure 1984–85
Housing District 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84
£ £ £ £ £ £
1 1,955,456 1,827,999 2,363,057 3,579,819 719,826 1,876,628
2 2,460,432 3,186,003 6,288,040 8,826,054 7,278,659 5,516,041
3 1,213,189 2,346,511 3,904,439 6,064,715 4,108,401 7,623,780
4 723,518 1,809,266 2,903,531 4,516,730 3,627,134 4,949,597
5 1,634,191 2,948,708 3,215,793 3,260,899 1,661,065 2,142,947
6 3,823,520 5,175,230 4,839,871 6,496,472 8,320,335 4,226,078
7 1,171,911 2,518,704 3,447,823 5,911,578 8,642,655 10,173,929
Total 12,982,217 19,812,421 26,962,554 38,656,267 34,358,075 36,509,000
(ii) Rehabilitation
Expenditure Proposed Expenditure 1984–85
Housing District 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84
£ £ £ £ £ £
1 864,854 424,316 576,191 491,183 62,235 290,834
2 552,111 1,104,120 2,315,532 2,655,284 3,115,001 3,548,530
3 623,556 301,326 293,735 840,620 286,403 783,527
4 982,235 2,011,490 2,874,753 4,220,398 4,309,403 2,545,004
5 549,112 1,883,111 2,240,002 1,944,125 2,416,182 2,826,046
6 1,456,604 1,821,287 2,250,174 1,545,609 1,771,952 2,715,639
7 2,034,132 1,876,442 1,796,551 2,495,201 2,750,897 4,391,420
Total 7,062,604 9,422,092 12,346,938 14,192,420 14,712,073 17,101,000

The Housing Executive is not in a position to prepare detailed forward estimates of expenditure until annual decisions about the overall public expenditure allocation for housing are made.