Housing

HC Deb 21 February 1991 vol 186 cc229-30W

Rev. Ian Paisley

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the number of new houses built by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive for each year since 1979.

Mr. Needham

This is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, but I have been advised by the chief executive that the number of new houses completed by the Housing Executive in each year since 1979 is as follows:

	Number
1979–80	2,952
1980–81	2,701
1981–82	2,342
1982–83	3,628
1983–84	3,874

	Number
1984–85	3,384
1985–86	3,160
1986–87	2,222
1987–88	1,805
1988–89	1,653
1989–90	1,577
11990–91	1,151
1 The figure for 1990–91 is for the period April 1990 to January 1991.