§ Mr. MallonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what proportion of the public housing stock, in each Housing Executive district in Northern Ireland, is lying vacant.
§ Mr. AtkinsThe chairman of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive has advised me that at 31 March 1992 the proportion of public housing stock lying vacant in each Housing Executive district was as follows:
District Vacant stock Gross stock Per cent. Antrim 271 5,129 5.28 Armagh 73 3,992 1.83 Ballycastle 7 1,544 0.46 Ballymena 136 5,550 2.45 Ballymoney 38 2,851 1.34 Banbridge 46 3,151 1.46 Bangor 23 4,174 0.56 Belfast 1 209 3,996 5.23 Belfast 2 199 5,701 3.49 Belfast 3 202 5,180 3.90 Belfast 4 547 5,194 0.54 Belfast 5 431 5,906 7.30 Belfast 6 282 5,210 5.42 Belfast 7 176 6,379 2.76 Carrickfergus 124 3,680 3.37 Castlereagh 1 30 3,766 0.80 Castlereagh 2 11 2,726 0.41 Coleraine 212 5,628 3.77 Cookstown 28 2,134 1.32 Craigavon 187 2,138 8.75 Downpatrick 121 4,545 2.67 Dungannon 64 3,547 1.81 Fermanagh 65 4,073 1.60 Larne 65 2,730 7.38 Limavady 16 2,884 0.56 Lisburn 1 88 4,948 1.78 Lisburn 2 46 2,681 1.72 Lisburn 3 36 3,099 1.17
DOE (NI) Road service division Class 1 (A category) Kms Class 2 (B category) Kms Class 3 (C category) Kms Unclassified Kms Totals Ballymena 401.4 446.8 663.5 1,764.1 3,275.8 Belfast 157.2 112.0 114.4 1,287.4 1,681.0 Coleraine 374.9 522.1 550.3 1,832.8 3,280.1 Craigavon 445.5 564.7 1,030.3 3,034.5 5,075.0 Downpatrick 419.3 330.7 597.8 1,822.5 3,170.3 Omagh 525.0 888.6 1,762.0 4,507.7 7,683.3
§ Mr. MallonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans he has for a comprehensive review of the state of the rural roads network in Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. AtkinsComprehensive inspections, assessment and procedure in respect of rural roads are already in place.
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District Vacant stock Gross stock Per cent. Londonderry 1 67 4,237 1.59 Londonderry 2 82 4,291 1.91 Londonderry 3 15 3,933 0.39 Lurgan 102 3,027 3.37 Magherafelt 4 2,733 0.15 Newry 1 43 3,365 1.28 Newry 2 46 3,940 1.17 Newtownabbey 1 180 4,061 4.43 Newtownabbey 2 144 3,842 3.74 Newtownards 1 72 3,940 1.83 Newtownards 2 19 2,073 0.92 Omagh 52 3,474 1.50 Portadown 137 2,864 4.79 Strabane 25 4,055 0.62 Northern Ireland total 4,721 162,371 2.91