§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what information he has on the number of homeless persons presently seeking dwellings who are(a) Roman Catholics, (b) Protestants and (c) others in each district of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.
§ Mr. AtkinsThis is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive. I am advised by its chief executive that the information requested is not readily available. However an indication of the total number of homeless persons seeking Housing Executive accommodation is given by the numbers of applicants in the A1 group—emergency housing category—of the executive's waiting list. The number in the A1 group in each executive district as at 30 November 1992 was as follows:
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District A1 Applicants Antrim 27 Armagh 19 Ballycastle 8 Ballymena 22 Ballymoney 1 Banbridge 11 Bangor 15 Belfast 1 98 Belfast 2 38 Belfast 3 96 Belfast 4 49 Belfast 5 50 Belfast 6 53 Belfast 7 75 Carrickfergus 36 Castlereagh 1 17 Castlereagh 2 18 Coleraine 30 Cookstown 6 Craigavon 3 Downpatrick 72 Dungannon 10 Fermanagh 19 Larne 16 Limavady 26 Lisburn 1 55 Lisburn 2 30 Lisburn 3 63 Londonderry 1 139 Londonderry 2 49 Londonderry 3 109 Lurgan 17 Magherafelt 6 Newry 1 31 Newry 2 25 Newtownabbey 1 15 Newtownabbey 2 20 Newtownards 1 38 Newtownards 2 10 Omagh 35
District A1 Applicants Portadown 12 Strabane 25