§ Mr. MallonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the total number of applications for(a) improvement grants and (b) repair grants refused by each grants office of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive in each year since 1985.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe matter the hon. Gentleman raised is for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, but I understand from the chairman that information on the refusal of individual grant types is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. MallonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the total number and value of(a) improvement grants and (b) repair grants issued by each grants office of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive in each year since 1985.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThis is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, whose chairman has advised me that the available information is as follows:
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Improvement Grants Number and value (in brackets) £ million Grants office 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 Belfast 1,166 (£7.8) 1,027 (£8.0) 778 (£7.9) 893 (£6.1) 690 (£5.7) Ballyclare 210 (£1.4) 237 (£1.6) 202 (£1.3) 174 (£1.2) 141 (£1.0) Ballymena 559 (£3.3) 486 (£3.1) 332 (£2.1) 263 (£1.9) 280 (£1.7) Coleraine 387 (£2.6) 404 (£2.6) 293 (£2.0) 282 (£1.6) 234 (£1.7) Craigavon 472 (£2.7) 338 (£2.7) 393 (£3.1) 201 (£2.4) 197 (£1.5) Fermanagh 287 (£2.1) 296 (£2.0) 267 (£1.8) 201 (£1.4) 197 (£1.3) Lisburn 342 (£2.3) 293 (£2.0) 295 (£1.2) 267 (£1.4) 188 (£1.5) Londonderry 339 (£1.4) 410 (£3.0) 313 (£2.1) 242 (£1.6) 238 (£1.5) Newry 369 (£3.0) 403 (£3.2) 420 (£2.4) 267 (£1.8) 225 (£2.2) Newtownards 338 (£1.7) 366 (£2.2) 246 (£2.4) 266 (£1.6) 186 (£1.7) Omagh 486 (£4.2) 558 (£4.2) 434 (£3.0) 411 (£2.6) 331 (£2.6)
§ Mr. MallonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the average length of time for the execution of repairs under each repair category identified by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThis is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, whose chairman has advised me that the information requested is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. MallonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the number of families or individuals currently registered as homeless with each district office of the maintenance section of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThis is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, whose chairman has advised me that the executive does not maintain a register of homeless persons. However, at 19 November 1990, the number of households living in temporary accommodation, secured for them under the homelessness provisions of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1988, by each district office and the housing advice centre of the Housing Executive, is as follows:
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Number of households Housing Advice Centre 14 DISTRICT Belfast 1 30 Belfast 2 8 Belfast 3 34 Belfast 4 9 Belfast 5 6 Belfast 6 14 Belfast 7 21 Bangor 10 Newtownards 1 3 Newtownards 2 3 Castlereagh 1 3 Castlereagh 2 1 Lisburn 1 26 Lisburn 2 0 Lisburn 3 7 Downpatrick 26 Banbridge 2 Newry 1 2 Newry 2 2 Kilkeel 0 Armagh 0 Craigavon 2 Lurgan 0 Portadown 0 Ballymena 5 Antrim 0 Newtownabbey 1 1 Newtownabbey 2 3
Number of households Carrickfergus 1 Larne 4 Ballycastle 0 Ballymoney 1 Londonderry 1 16 Londonderry 2 3 Londonderry 3 5 Limavady 7 Coleraine 1 Magherafelt 3 Strabane 0 Omagh 3 Cookstown 0 Dungannon 1 Enniskillen 2
§ Mr. MallonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the number of new-build houses programmed for the current financial year by each district office of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThis is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, whose chairman has advised me that programme information is not available in the form requested. It is however available by district council area and the position for the 1990–91 financial year is as follows:
District council Number of houses Antrim 25 Armagh 34 Belfast 408 Castlereagh 10 Coleraine 3 Craigavon 52 Derry 90 Down 24 Fermanagh 12 Lisburn 222 Magherafelt 9 Newry and Mourne 4 Newtownards 98 Omagh 11 Total 1,002
§ Mr. MallonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the number of families or individual's currently listed in the Northern Ireland Housing Executive's waiting lists in each district office in each category A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, B2 and B3.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThis is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, whose chairman has advised me that the latest available information is as follows: 139W
Northern Ireland housing executive Total number on waiting list as at 31 October 1990 District A1 A2 A3 A4 B1 B2 B3 Belfast 1 101 27 23 — 509 38 — Belfast 2 26 88 55 — 548 307 6 Belfast 3 90 32 240 — 416 37 4 Belfast 4 35 40 160 — 427 102 1 Belfast 5 39 54 121 — 329 113 — Belfast 6 42 39 25 — 372 96 — Belfast 7 90 58 71 6 597 315 7 Bangor 23 67 9 1 527 407 3 Newtownards 1 44 32 22 1 353 143 3 Newtownards 2 16 12 7 1 169 83 — Dundonald 20 17 2 2 211 67 1 Newtownbreda 16 33 4 1 264 196 3 Lisburn 1 86 41 10 1 366 126 7 Lisburn 2 30 11 6 2 151 77 1 Lisburn 3 42 6 4 — 358 16 — Downpatrick 46 27 36 — 441 114 1 Banbridge 32 17 15 2 227 47 — Newry 1 18 16 7 — 326 67 — Newry 2 18 18 15 1 224 42 — Kilkeel 7 7 — 2 87 14 — Armagh 14 10 22 3 336 79 — Craigavon 9 1 1 1 192 9 — Lurgan 13 20 12 1 293 69 1 Portadown 14 10 9 — 230 80 — Ballymena 24 55 26 3 458 69 — Antrim 20 19 12 10 492 41 — Newtownabbey 1 20 18 3 1 240 61 — Newtownabbey 2 32 23 14 1 381 121 1 Carrickfergus 20 24 4 1 348 113 — Larne 19 29 26 2 324 61 — Ballycastle 11 7 1 2 143 15 — Ballymoney 11 9 9 — 199 26 — Londonderry 1 107 61 20 3 389 43 1 Londonderry 2 27 54 10 1 230 47 — Londonderry 3 56 16 — 1 284 12 — Limavady 15 19 4 3 242 22 — Coleraine 14 36 13 7 561 98 2 Magherafelt 14 23 18 2 255 52 — Strabane 19 33 18 1 265 40 — Omagh 35 13 12 6 342 80 — Cookstown 11 5 4 3 134 37 — Dungannon 18 9 6 3 257 73 1 Fermanagh 30 6 42 2 310 102 —
§ Mr. MallonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the total number of dwellings owned by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive in each year since 1985.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThis is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, whose chairman has advised me that the information at 31 March in each year is as follows:
Number 1985 183,439 1986 181,717 1987 179,910 1988 176,832 1989 174,018 1990 169,971 140W
Housing Executive properties sold since 1985–86 South Region District 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 Total Armagh 125 104 85 82 163 559 Banbridge 56 51 56 60 113 336 Craigavon 56 28 20 51 42 197 Kilkeel 55 47 29 31 34 196 Lurgan 129 87 50 55 117 438 Newry 1 138 102 135 156 203 734 Newry 2 149 131 108 107 169 664
§ Mr. MallonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many tenants bought their dwellings from the Northern Ireland Housing Executive in each district in each year since 1985.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThis is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, whose chairman has advised me that the information is not available in the precise form requested. However, figures are available for the total number of dwellings sold by the executive in each district since 1985. These comprise mainly sales to tenants, but also include a number of vacant properties sold to non-tenants in areas where housing need has been met, sales under the executive's homesteading scheme and sales to housing associations. The figures are as follows:
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District 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 Total Portadown 88 50 29 50 86 303 REGION TOTAL 796 600 512 592 927 3,427
Belfast Region District 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 Total Belfast 1 281 100 113 134 186 751 Belfast 2 73 68 67 53 89 350 Belfast 3 47 44 60 70 57 278 Belfast 4 32 57 75 45 40 249 Belfast 5 105 60 51 21 56 293 Belfast 6 48 51 32 21 37 189 Belfast 7 43 77 65 62 73 320 REGION TOTAL 566 457 463 406 538 2,430
North East Region District 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 Total Antrim 195 188 116 136 188 823 Ballymena 178 113 54 142 165 652 Carrickfergus 132 161 104 102 200 699 Larne 87 91 81 133 103 495 Newtownabbey 1 125 97 82 98 112 514 Newtownabbey 2 152 121 87 105 114 579 Ballymoney 77 60 39 70 63 309 Ballycastle 29 34 28 34 45 170 REGION TOTAL 975 865 591 820 990 4,241
North- West Region District 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 Total Londonderry 1 64 32 37 32 83 248 Londonderry 2 47 35 44 70 73 269 Londonderry 3 46 27 29 30 53 185 Limavady 104 52 60 59 71 346 Strabane 69 60 78 99 126 432 Coleraine 93 43 40 79 110 365 Magherafelt 93 52 49 74 137 405 REGION TOTAL 516 301 337 443 653 2,250
West Region District 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 Total Omagh 82 53 52 91 100 378 Dungannon 116 75 96 143 176 606 Enniskillen 94 81 78 144 192 589 Cookstown 62 44 46 61 82 295 REGION TOTAL 354 253 272 439 550 1,868 142W
South-East Region District 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 Total Lisburn 3 19 16 18 18 27 98 Lisburn 1 155 81 70 80 120 506 Lisburn 2 97 52 48 79 110 386 Bangor 108 83 92 83 150 516 Castlereagh 1 94 73 56 46 84 353 Castlereagh 2 105 94 63 98 109 469 Downpatrick 136 117 110 124 149 636 Newtownards 1 131 119 104 71 147 572 Newtownards 2 80 73 71 69 84 377 REGION TOTAL 925 708 632 668 980 3,913