§ Mr. A. Cecil WalkerTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the number of Housing Executive properties(a) demolished and (b) replaced in each of the Province's district electoral areas for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. AtkinsI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 21 October 1992 at cols. 290–92. The chief executive of the Housing Executive has advised me that the information which is readily available for 1992–93 is as follows:
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District Council Area Demolished Replaced Antrim 17 — Ards — 16 Armagh 7 2
District Council Area Demolished Replaced Ballymena — 9 Ballymoney — — Banbridge 1 — Belfast 514 322 Carrickfergus 69 — Castlereagh — — Coleraine — — Cookstown — — Craigavon 54 20 Deny 3 63 Down — 13 Dungannon 2 — Fermanagh — — Larne 59 3 Limavady — — Lisburn 4 — Magherafelt — — Moyle — — Newry and Mourne — 15 Newtownabbey 152 — North Down — — Omagh — 7 Strabane 1 — Note:
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 obsolete purpose-built stock such aas Orlit dwellings, aluminium bungalows and rural cottages.