HC Deb 24 May 1995 vol 260 cc627-8W
Mr. McGrady

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the budgetary allocation in respect of home improvement grants to each Housing Executive grants office since 1 April 1993. [24763]

Sir John Wheeler

This is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, but the chief executive has advised me that the expenditure figures for each financial year were as follows:

£ million
Expenditure
Office 1993–94 1994–95
Belfast1 9.6 9.3
Newtownards 2.0 1.9
Lisburn 2.2 2.5
Newry 3.2 3.8
Craigavon 2.6 3.3
Ballymena 1.8 1.6
Ballyclare 1.4 1.2
Coleraine 1.5 1.6
Londonderry 3.2 2.6
Omagh 3.0 3.9
Fermanagh 1.9 2.3
Total 32.4 34.0
1 For budgetary purposes three Belfast offices are treated as one unit.

Mr. McGrady

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the budgetary allocation in respect of home improvement grants to each grants office for the 1995–96 financial year. [24764]

Sir John Wheeler

This is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, but the chief executive has advised me that the allocations for the financial year 1995–96 are as follows:

Office Allocation £ million
Belfast1 10.5
Newtownards 2.6
Lisburn 3.0
Newry 4.4
Craigavon 4.2
Ballymena 2.6
Ballyclare 1.4
Coleraine 1.5
Londonderry 4.3
Omagh 3.4
Fermanagh 4.1
Total 42.0
1 For budgetary purposes 3 Belfast offices are treated as one unit.