§ Mr. BeggsTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons are listed by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive as seeking transfer or exchange from their present accommodation in Rathcoole, Carrickfergus and Lame offices of the Housing Executive; and how many transfers requests have been satisfied in each of the last three years at each of the above offices.
§ Mr. NeedhamThis is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive. I understand from the chief executive that the information is as follows:720W showing for the years 1975–76 to 1990–91, the proportion of each public expenditure programme which is cash-limited.
§ Mr. Major[holding answer 27 June 1988]: The proportion of expenditure in each public expenditure programme subject to cash limit control is shown in the table for the years 1982–83 to 1988–89.
The data in this table are consistent with outturns and plans published in the 1988 public expenditure White Paper (Cm. 288) apart from a number of minor reallocations made subsequent to the publication of Cm. 288. The outturn figures in the table for years prior to 1988–89 have been reclassified where necessary to align with the application of cash limit controls planned for 1988–89, in order to present a comparable sequence of data.
Payments of rate support grant made to local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales are also subject to cash limits although they do not directly score in the planning total.
Due to changes in the application of cash limit control from year to year, it is not practical to present a consistent series going back to 1975–76. Cash limits have not yet been set for years after 1988–89.
District Area Tenants1 Allocations made from transfer list (including exchanges) 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 Newtownabbey 1 (Rathcoole) 637 218 213 195 Carrickfergus 551 155 192 146 Larne 390 104 105 104 1 Seeking transfer or exchange at June 1988.