§ 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by the Newry (Urban) Housing Executive office during each of the past five years; how many of these were subsequently withdrawn; and how many were successful.
§ Mr. Needham[pursuant to his reply, 21 November 1986; c. 382–83]: This is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and I am informed by the chairman that the number of transfer applications made and those withdrawn during each year are not available. The available information for Newry (Urban) office is as follows:
1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Number of applications for housing transfer held at September each year 702 637 664 684 589 Number of houses allocated to transfer applicants in year ended September n/a 161 131 84 113