HC Deb 12 July 1994 vol 246 c579W
Mr. Hunter

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the titles of the Orders in Council enacted under the(a) affirmative, (b) negative and (c) emergency procedures for each year since 1979.

Sir Patrick Mayhew

A list of the Orders in Council that have been made under Northern Ireland Act 1974 since 1979 will be placed in the Library.

Table 1: Expenditure by grant type
£ million
Renovation1 Replacement2 Other3 Total
1989–90 22.50 nil 11.1 33.6
1990–91 21.00 nil 10.0 31.0
1991–92 22.00 nil 8.0 30.0
1992–93 21.00 nil 9.1 30.1
1993–94 23.94 0.66 7.8 32.4

The Housing (NI) Order 1992 introduced a new grants regime and the figures supplied reflect comparable grants under the new and old schemes.

1The figures for Renovation Grants include Improvement Grants and grants associated with disabled facilities.

2Replacement grants were first introduced in the financial year 1991–92 and expenditure did not accrue until the 1993–94 financial year.

3"Other" includes Repair, Intermediate, Houses in Multiple Occupation, and Minor Works Grants.

Table 2: Grant expenditure by council area 1993–941
£000s
Council Renovation Replacement Others Total
Antrim 6.4 6.4
Ards 38.5 38.5
Armagh 16.6 15.0 160.0 191.6
Ballymena 4.4 8.1 12.5
Ballymoney 38.6 18.9 4.1 61.6
Banbridge 1.2 19.5 20.7
Belfast 780.9 229.8 1,010.7
Carrickfergus 12.3 4.3 16.6
Castlereagh 8.8 17.8 26.6
Coleraine 57.7 16.4 16.6 90.7
Cookstown 19.0 19.0
Craigavon 28.9 193.0 221.9
Derry 17.9 16.7 34.6
Down 95.4 90.1 14.1 199.6
Dungannon 16.7 19.1 35.8
Fermanagh 68.5 396.9 65.4 530.8
Larne 8.1 4.8 12.9