§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list for each council area and each Housing Executive district the number of(a) applicants by each category used by the executive and (b) the number of transfer applications by category.
§ Mr. Tim Smith[holding answer 21 March 1994]: This is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive. I have, however, been advised by its chief executive that the number of applicants by category, for each council area and Housing Executive district, is as follows:
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Applications by category at 28 February 1994 Council area NIHE district A B Belfast Belfast 1 192 516 Belfast 2 165 606 Belfast 3 502 420 / Belfast 4 281 559 Belfast 5 149 391 Belfast 6 85 476 Belfast 7 327 955 Region Belfast 1,701 3,923 North Down Bangor 147 719 Ards Ards I 138 364 Ards II 48 219 Castlereagh Dundonald 42 163
Council area NIHE district A B Newtownbreda 73 348 Lisburn Lisburn 158 495 Dunmurry 74 238 Poleglass 70 257 Down Downpatrick 150 696 Region South East 900 3,499 Banbridge Banbridge 48 255 Newry and Mourne Newry I 85 339 Newry II 93 452 Kilkeel — — Armagh Armagh 84 411 Craigavon Craigavon 4 172 Lurgan 57 366 Portadown 71 341 Region South 442 2,336 Ballymena Ballymena 144 691 Antrim Antrim 95 555 Newtownabbey Newtownabbey I 66 361 Newtownabbey II 44 362 Carrickfergus Carrickfergus 99 469 Larne Larne 51 305 Moyle Moyle 28 150 Ballymoney Ballymoney 12 260 Coleraine Coleraine 85 642 Region North East 624 3,795 Derry Londonderry I 256 492 Londerry II 128 367 Londerry III 171 224 Limavady Limavady 79 300 Magherafelt Magherafelt 64 325 Strabane Strabane 81 349 Omagh Omagh 54 461 Cookstown Cookstown 28 212 Dungannon Dungannon 53 364 Fermanagh Fermanagh 71 441 Region West 985 3,535 Outside Northern Ireland 349 678 Northern Ireland Total 5,001 17,766 309W
Applications by category at 28 February 1994 Council area NIHE district Priority transfer C Belfast Belfast 1 158 422 Belfast 2 119 540 Belfast 3 118 314 Belfast 4 109 380 Belfast 5 145 444 Belfast 6 79 405 Belfast 7 135 609 Region Belfast 863 3,114 North Down Bangor 122 429 Ards Ards I 84 309 Ards II 10 148 Castlereagh Dundonald 66 258 Newtownbreda 85 262 Lisburn Lisburn 75 435 Dunmurry 45 238 Poleglass 10 164 Down Downpatrick 83 435 Region South East 580 2,678 Banbridge Banbridge 60 302 Newry and Mourne Newry I 62 250 Newry II 39 269
Council area NIHE district Priority transfer C Kilkeel — — Armagh Armagh 74 303 Craigavon Craigavon 15 113 Lurgan 58 312 Portadown 62 287 Region South 370 1,836 Ballymena Ballymena 177 480 Antrim Antrim 128 263 Newtownabbey Newtownabbey I 129 367 Newtownabbey II 69 327 Carrickfergus Carrickfergus 90 286 Larne Larne 62 219 Moyle Moyle 7 128 Ballymoney Ballymoney 32 250 Coleraine Coleraine 147 514 Region North East 841 2,834 Derry Londonderry I 264 303 Londonderry II 119 287 Londonderry III 161 264 Limavady Limavady 47 222 Magherafelt Magherafelt 52 191 Strabane Strabane 102 304 Omagh Omagh 34 393 Cookstown Cookstown 30 163 Dungannon Dungannon 49 282 Fermanagh Fermanagh 50 364 Region West 908 2,773 Outside Northern Ireland 194 434 Total 3,756 13,669
§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list for council districts of(a) Coleraine, (b) Magherafelt and (c) Limavady the number of Housing Executive dwellings let in each of the last three years and the current year to the latest available date to each category of applicant; and how many applicants housed in each category were resident outside the council area in which they were housed.
§ Mr. Tim Smith[holding answer 21 March 1994]: This is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive. I have, however, been advised by its chief executive that the number of dwellings let over the past three years and up to September 1993 in the current year is as follows:
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Housing executive dwellings let by category Period A B PT C Coleraine district council area 1990–91 143 236 83 103 1991–92 146 190 88 62 1992–93 146 121 69 30 1993–941 72 62 31 17 Magherafelt district council area 1990–91 67 82 23 53 1991–92 63 61 15 37 1992–93 61 50 17 47 1993–941 24 27 7 19 Limavady district council area 1990–91 88 57 17 62 1991–92 101 38 29 61 1992–93 90 26 17 44 1993–941 45 10 7 10 1 To September 1993. Collated by the Housing Executive on a 6-monthly basis and are the latest available. A—priority applications.
B—based on points.
PT—priority transfers.
C—Non priority transfers.
The information on the number of applicants in each category in a particular district council area who were resident outside the area, is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.