§ Mr. A. Cecil WalkerTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give the number of Housing Executive properties(a) demolished and (b) replaced in each of the Province's local authority catchment areas for each year since and including 1979.
§ Mr. AtkinsThis is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, but I have been advised by the chief executive that the information which is readily available is as follows:
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Housing executive properties demolished District Council Area 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 Antrim 36 — 6 323 13 Ards 110 14 — 50 45 Armagh 1 2 24 10 3 Ballymena — — 5 13 29 Ballymoney 4 — 4 — — Banbridge 14 36 21 41 2 Belfast 1,372 1,321 911 734 645 Carrickfergus 5 34 1 — 6 Castlereagh — — — 1 2 Coleraine 16 6 3 2 8 Cookstown 2 3 — — 17 Craigavon 314 117 139 145 16 Derry 93 38 123 52 14 Down 4 10 10 32 1 Dungannon 6 5 13 2 10 Fermanagh 54 13 — — — Larne 14 1 — 4 — Limavady — — — 1 — Lisburn 1 7 2 2 — Magherafelt — — — — — Moyle 4 1 1 — 1 Newry and Mourne 45 60 61 31 8 Newtownabbey 27 3 43 16 95 North Down 1 — — — — Omagh 4 6 — — — Strabane — 1 19 7 13 Note (1) The total number of Housing Executive properties demolished from 1982–83 to 1986–87 was 12,239; information on demolitions by Council area did not become available until 1987 when the executive's database was computerised.
(2) Information prior to 1982–83 is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Housing Executive Properties Replaced 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 Antrim — — — — — — — — — — — — — Ards 81 19 44 38 40 28 — 32 11 — 61 31 61 Armagh 30 9 6 30 20 22 8 19 29 5 12 31 — Ballymena 49 63 20 41 30 4 18 13 — — — — — Ballymoney — — — — — — — 2 4 — 4 — — Banbridge 6 4 17 13 3 12 — 31 17 17 32 18 30 Belfast 280 704 926 1,740 1,455 1,276 1,385 936 952 754 726 591 370 Carrickfergus 5 — — — — 24 9 — — — 18 26 — Castlereagh — — — — — — — — — 12 14 — — Coleraine — 10 14 — 34 26 — 22 8 6 — 5 2 Cookstown — — — — — — — — — 7 — — — Craigavon 79 — 22 69 21 16 39 2 40 — 24 14 32 Derry 90 31 47 70 95 44 37 18 61 95 24 27 — Down 17 47 4 41 30 32 8 31 — 16 — 14 8 Dungannon — — — — — — — — — — — — 12 Fermanagh — — — 29 — — — — — — — — — Larne 28 15 1 — — — — — — 15 — — — Limavady — — — — — — — — — — — — — Lisburn 52 — — 92 44 50 — — — — — — 5 Magherafelt — — — — — — — 8 13 — — — 9 Moyle — — — — — — — — 3 — — 9 1 Newry and Mourne 36 6 — 74 49 7 51 5 17 67 78 30 8 Newtownabbey — 12 — — — — — — 10 10 — — — North Down — — — — — — 3 16 — — — — — Omagh — — — — 6 — — 14 — — 4 6 — Strabane 19 27 19 7 12 31 31 5 17 14 4 6 2 Note (1) This does not cover the Housing Executive's total new build programme but relates mainly to the replacement of dwellings in redevelopment areas and of unfit dwellings in housing action areas. It also includes replacement dwellings for the demolition of obsolete purpose-built stock such as Orlit dwellings, aluminium bungalows and rural cottages.