§ Mr. Mallonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many applications for housing transfer have been made in the area administered by the Newry (Urban) 383W Housing Executive office during each of the past five years; how many of these were subsequently withdrawn; and how many were succesful.
§ Mr. NeedhamI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Mallonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many applications for housing allocation and transfer in (a) Armagh and (b) Newry during the past two years have been accompanied by supportive medical opinion; in how many of these has additional specialist medical opinion been sought by the Southern Area Board's medical assessor; and in how many of these has a home visit been made as part of the assessment.
§ Mr. NeedhamThis is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and I am informed by the chairman that the information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.