§ Mr. A. Cecil WalkerTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many habitable vacant dwellings administered by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive exist in each of the district council areas.
§ Mr. AtkinsI am advised by the Chief Ececutive of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive that at 26 February 1993 the number of habitable vacant dwellings, in each district council area was as follows:
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District Habitable vacant dwellings Antrim borough council 4 Ards borough council 8 Armagh district council 6 Ballymena borough council 14 Ballymoney borough council 4
District Habitable vacant dwellings Banbridge district council 4 Belfast city council 58 Carrickfergus borough council 9 Castlereagh borough council 29 Coleraine borough council 2 Cookstown district council 4 Craigavon borough council — Derry city council 3 Down district council 3 Dungannon district council 9 Fermanagh district council 5 Larne borough council 11 Limavady borough council 1 Lisburn borough council 4 Magherafelt district council — Moyle district council — Newry and Mourne district council 5 Newtownabbey borough council 10 North Down borough council 3 Omagh district council 1 Strabane district council — These figures do not include vacant properties which require repairs, improvements or rehabilitation, those which are being used to house tenants temporarily displaced while their existing dwellings are being repaired/improved or those awaiting demolition.