HC Deb 25 July 1986 vol 102 c655W
Mr. John David Taylor

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the number of architectural staff employed by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive; and what was the number of dwellings approved in new Housing Executive contracts in each of the past 10 years.

Mr. Needham

This is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive but I understand from the chairman that the information on the numbers of architectural staff employed by the executive is not available in the precise form requested. The following figures for the past six years include not only architects and architectural technicians, but administrative staff working in support of architectural staff.

Year ending Number of staff
1980–81 162
1981–82 167
1982–83 193
1983–84 204
1984–85 208
1985–86 207

Details of dwellings approved in new Housing Executive contracts in each of the past 10 years are provided in table 4 to "Northern Ireland Housing Statistics" published by the Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland) earlier this month. I have arranged for copies of this publication to be placed in the Library.