Friday 8 February 2002
Written Answers to Questions (Continued)

Social Development

Mr Weir asked the Minister for Social Development what plans he has for the provision of new build social housing in North Down.

On site	Currently one scheme with 44 homes
2002/03	6 schemes programmed to provide 32 homes
2003/04	7 schemes programmed to provide 132 homes
2004/05	2 schemes programmed to provide 14 homes

The social housing programme is a three-year rolling programme, which is updated annually by my Department in conjunction with the Housing Executive. The Housing Executive’s role is to continually reassess housing need. Year 1 of that programme is firm, but at each annual roll forward, the plans for Years 2 and 3 are updated.

Year	Provider	Location	Units	Type of Housing
Currently on site	Oaklee	Balloo Road Phase 3, Bangor	44	Family
2002/03	Oaklee	58 Delmount Court, Bangor	2	Learning Disabilities
	Triangle	31 Grange Avenue, Bangor	4	Learning Disabilities
	Triangle	19 Ambleside Drive, Bangor	5	Learning Disabilities
	Fold	Millbrook Court, Bangor	2	Mental Health
2002/03	Habinteg	Ballymaconnell Rurals, Bangor	9	Family
	Abbeyfield	Ward Avenue, Bangor	10	Elderly
2003/04	Ulidia	Holywood	8	Family
	Habinteg	Abbey Place, Holywood	30	Family
	Choice	Whitehill, Bangor	17	Family
	HA To be identified	Princetown Road, Bangor	18	Elderly
	Fold	Sunnyside House, Bangor	36	Elderly
	HA To be identified	Bangor	15	Family
	HA To be identified	Holywood	8	Family
2004/05	HA To be identified	Bangor	4	Young people leaving care
	HA To be identified	Donaghadee	10	Elderly

House Sales Schemes

Mr Bradley asked the Minister for Social Development is there a ‘Right to Buy’ scheme that permits a tenant to purchase their residence which is owned by the local District Council.

Mr Weir asked the Minister for Social Development to detail the number of Housing Executive house sales by District Council area in each of the last 10 years.

Council area	19911	1992/932	1993/94	1994/95	1995/96	1996/973
Antrim	181	138	179	174	177	154
Ards	159	133	139	157	178	138
Armagh	138	118	167	176	185	129
Ballymena	109	149	187	209	165	158
Ballymoney	63	91	118	138	117	116
Banbridge	88	93	135	157	128	155
Belfast	283	244	350	407	514	667
Carrickfergus	70	79	122	89	91	72
Castlereagh	106	122	123	154	179	156
Coleraine	131	161	173	191	203	161
Cookstown	53	51	72	105	54	64
Craigavon	168	166	198	274	251	279
Derry	194	184	238	355	454	483
Down	127	129	141	126	172	156
Dungannon	102	128	157	155	126	145
Fermanagh	99	136	190	180	160	202
Larne	74	47	60	58	79	76
Limavady	84	66	100	124	131	115
Lisburn	220	188	244	290	309	252
Magherafelt	79	92	104	128	135	137
Moyle	34	33	57	77	57	62
Newry & Mourne	325	318	304	402	298	236
Newtownabbey	129	105	122	153	138	172
North Down	95	75	84	93	122	102
Omagh	76	92	107	163	130	138
Strabane	103	90	101	158	212	140
All Dwellings	3,290	3,228	3,972	4,693	4,765	4,665

¹ Figures are available for the calendar year only.

Council area	1997/98	1998/99	1999/00	2000/01	2001/021
Antrim	163	146	128	191	109
Ards	119	136	151	162	156
Armagh	164	180	154	155	137
Ballymena	147	103	134	224	73
Ballymoney	123	88	58	91	71
Banbridge	139	137	134	106	106
Belfast	849	732	1,024	1,079	670
Carrickfergus	107	77	77	138	105
Castlereagh	142	177	140	228	156
Coleraine	204	138	106	159	100
Cookstown	81	71	77	106	49
Craigavon	287	210	193	178	154
Derry	473	409	383	376	311
Down	152	108	141	191	180
Dungannon	135	138	122	109	108
Fermanagh	170	138	136	157	120
Larne	56	73	61	91	36
Limavady	129	102	113	123	72
Lisburn	259	256	265	477	415
Magherafelt	131	109	136	131	66
Moyle	66	56	27	63	30
Newry & Mourne	302	340	269	328	218
Newtownabbey	141	173	133	284	191
North Down	84	80	78	121	97
Omagh	122	117	118	140	92
Strabane	162	101	168	149	86
All Dwellings	4,907	4,395	4,526	5,557	3,908

¹ To end December 2001

Mr Weir asked the Minister for Social Development to detail the number of Housing Executive properties by District Council area in each of the last 10 years.

Table 1 - Annual Stock Total at the end of each financial year

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