HC Deb 19 April 2004 vol 420 c284W
Mr. Gregory Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many Housing Executive single homes in Northern Ireland have been adapted for disability use in each of the last five years. [165735]

Mr. Spellar

The Housing Executive carries out both major and minor adaptations for its tenants. Information relating to dwellings occupied by single persons, which have been adapted for disability use, is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However the following tables show the numbers of completed adaptations in individual properties for each of the five years from 1998–99 to 2002–03 and the year 2003–04, to the end of February 2004.

Major works Minor works
1998–99 2,006 8,243
1999–2000 2,297 8,060
2000–01 2,548 6,855
2001–02 3,981 8,543
2002–03 4,053 8,049
2003–04 3,174 7,527