§ Mr. BeggsTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many and what percentage of new houses provided by(a) Northern Ireland Housing Executive and (b) voluntary housing associations have been constructed to meet the needs of disabled tenants in each of the last five years [18563]
§ Mr. MossThe number and percentage of new houses constructed to meet the needs of disabled tenants in each of the past five years is as follows:
Northern Ireland Housing Executive Year Number new build To meet needs of disabled Percentage 1996 953 319 33 1995 812 214 26 1994 969 349 36 1993 1,328 325 25 1992 873 303 35 Total 4,935 1,510 30
Registered Housing Associations Year Number new build To meet needs of disabled1 Percentage 1996 1,389 644 46 1995 1,181 636 54 1994 1,001 586 58 1993 946 625 66 1992 1,229 555 45 Total 5,746 3,046 53 1 In addition, unless it is inappropriate to do so, all new housing association bungalows, ground floor flats and flats served by lifts are designed to full mobility standard, i.e. to be convenient for ambulant disabled people to live in, including those who use wheelchairs but are not wheelchair bound or to facilitate disabled users. However, information on this stock is not held separately and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.