HC Deb 19 November 1996 vol 285 c511W
Ms Mowlam

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many publicly owned houses have been built in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. [3851]

Mr. Moss

The information is provided in the table.

New build completions by Northern Ireland Housing Executive 1986 to 1995
New built completions
1986 2,222
1987 1,805

New housebuilding and maintenance by Northern Ireland housing executive 1986–87 to 1995–96
Northern Ireland housing executive expenditure
1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96
New housebuilding
Cash 63.9 56.6 55.9 51.3 39.0 40.3 34.9 35.4 35.6 48.5
1995–96 prices 98.6 82.9 76.8 65.9 46.3 45.0 37.6 36.9 36.5 48.5
Maintenance
Cash 58.4 63.4 64.7 70.1 78.9 79.5 85.9 86.8 99.5 101.8
1995–96 prices 90.1 92.9 88.8 90.0 93.7 88.8 92.4 90.5 101.9 101.8
Total NI housing budget (cash) 535.7 545.6 557.7 516.3 511.4 536.3 551.6 558.9 573.7 602.8
Public expenditure NI block (cash) 4,499.0 4,828.0 5,111.0 5,395.0 5,525.0 6,018.0 6,580.0 7,085.0 7,407.0 7,823.0

Percentage
1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96
Newbuild expenditure (cash) as percentage of total NI housing budget 11.9 10.4 10.0 9.9 7.6 7.5 6.3 6.3 6.2 8.0
Newbuild expenditure (cash) as percentage of PE NI block 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6
Maintenance expenditure (cash) as a percentage of total NI housing budget 10.9 11.6 11.6 13.6 15.4 14.8 15.6 15.5 17.3 16.9
Maintenance expenditure (cash) as a percentage of PE NI block 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3