§ Mr. McGradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many houses were constructed by the Housing Executive between 1 April 1984 and 31 March 1994; what were the locations of these developments; and, of these, how many are still in public ownership.
§ Mr. Tim SmithThis is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive. I have been advised by the chief executive that information on the location of houses constructed between 1 April 1984 and 31 March 1994 is available by Housing Executive region and is as follows:—
Number of houses constructed Region Number Belfast 8,254 North-East 1,079 North-West1 2,224 West1 1,518 South 1,314 South-East 3,543 TOTAL 17,932 1 On 1 April 1990, Coleraine District transferred from North-West to North-East Region and the remainder of North-West Region amalgamated with West Region. The number of these specific houses that are still in public ownership is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. McGradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many houses have been constructed under the co-ownership housing scheme between 1 April 1984 and 31 March 1994; and what were the locations of these developments.
§ Mr. Tim SmithThe Northern Ireland Co-ownership Housing Association, which operates the co-ownership scheme, does not construct or commission the construction of houses. People interested in the scheme select the house they wish to purchase, either newly built or second hand, from the open market. Between 1 April 1984 and 31 March 1994 the association has purchased 8,976 houses, distributed as follows:
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Council area New-build Existing property Total participants Derry 524 82 606 Limavady 91 32 123 Coleraine 275 111 386 Ballymoney 90 23 113 Moyle 40 7 47 Larne 65 39 104 Ballymena 131 16 147 Magherafelt 183 36 219 Cookstown 142 41 183 Strabane 95 17 112 Omagh 161 18 179 Fermanagh 157 19 176 Dungannon 125 7 132 Craigavon 524 133 657 Armagh 110 17 127 Newry and Mourne 274 51 325 Banbridge 121 37 158 Down 303 87 390 Lisburn 587 299 886 Antrim 186 55 241 Newtownabbey 310 200 510 Carrickfergus 270 100 370 North Down 653 382 1,035 Newtownards 276 134 410 Castlereagh 297 105 402 Belfast 471 467 938 TOTAL 6,461 2,515 8,976
§ Mr. McGradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how much was allocated to each regional division of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive in each year from 1 April 1984 to 31 March 1994;
(2) how much has been allocated to each regional division of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive in the 1993–94 financial year; and how much is to be allocated to each district office in the 1994–95 financial year.
§ Mr. AncramThese are matters for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive. I am advised by its chief executive that the information is not available in the form requested. Expenditure by region for the years requested over the main expenditure blocks was as follows:—
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Expenditure by regional division (£ million)1 Year North East South East West3 South Belfast 1984–85 41.251 42.710 62.949 35.242 109.587 1985–86 37.130 45.546 66.075 38.301 112.928 1986–87 35.905 47.694 62.313 33.957 95.482 1987–88 39.097 44.507 60.102 34.678 95.770 1988–89 41.641 49.095 62.764 36.269 89.789 1989–90 44.415 51.355 63.349 35.795 82.017 1990–912 44.275 46.524 64.131 37.536 77.315 1991–922 53.409 51.659 58.044 36.328 74.575 1992–932 54.724 50.885 62.437 37.592 77.631 1993–942 56.940 51.678 69.001 42.028 69.891 TOTAL 448.787 481.653 631.165 367.726 884.985 1 Comprises expenditure on new housebuilding, land and property acquisition, improvement work, office accommodation and equipment, maintenance, supervision and management and grants to the private sector. Loan charges, headquarters administrations and other costs not allocated to the regions are excluded. 2 Includes figures for miscellaneous expenditure, such as insurance and write-offs, which are only available by Region from 1990–91. 3 The figures for West region include those for the former North West region which was subsumed on 1 April 1991, with the exception of the Coleraine district which transferred to the North East region. Information on the allocations to district offices for 1994–95 is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. McGradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many houses have been constructed by housing associations between 1 April 1984 and 31 March 1994; and what were the locations of these developments.
§ Mr. Tim SmithBetween 1 April 1984 and 31 March 1994, registered housing associations in Northern Ireland completed 6,599 new-build houses, flats and bungalows. This figure includes 30 hostels for special needs groups, each recorded as a single dwelling and 108 sheltered dwellings built by the Housing Executive but transferred on completion to housing associations.
A schedule of the 314 locations of these developments has been placed in the Library.