§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many fuel poor households based on the 2001 Northern Ireland House Conditions Survey there are in each local authority area; and what his estimate is of how many children are living in fuel poor households. [132577]
§ Mr. SpellarThe number of fuel poor households identified in the 2001 House Condition Survey in each local authority area is following table:
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Local Authority Area Number Antrim 6,799 Ards 7,912 Armagh 5,065 Ballymena 8,155 Ballymoney 4,070 Banbridge 4,676 Belfast 42,962 Carrickfergus 3,396 Castlereagh 5,654 Coleraine 6,520 Cookstown 3,606 Craigavon 13,449 Down 6,037 Dungannon 3,671 Fermanagh 6,462 Larne 4,396
Local Authority Area Number Limavady 4,019 Lisburn 10,569 Londonderry 13,086 Magherafelt 5,690 Moyle 2,170 Newry & Mourne 6,651 Newtownabbey 10,038 North Down 7,656 Omagh 5,101 Strabane 5,449 The 2001 house condition survey estimated that there are some 114,000 children living in fuel poor households.