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Friday 17 May 2002 Improvement and Repair Grants: Expenditure Mr M Robinson asked the Minister for Social Development to detail the expenditure by each local district council for improvement and repair grants in private sector houses in (a) 1999-2000; and (b) 2000-2001. (AQW 3223/01) The Minister for Social Development (Mr Dodds): The information requested is set out in the tables below.
Voluntary Groups: Grants Awarded Mr M Robinson asked the Minister for Social Development to list (a) voluntary groups which were awarded grants in (i) 2000-01 (ii) 2001-02; (b) the amount each group was awarded; and (c) the voluntary groups which have been allocated funding for 2002-03. (AQW 3233/01) Mr Dodds: I have made this information available to the member and placed a copy in the Assembly Library. Air Quality Monitoring: Mr Hussey asked the Minister for Social Development what are the implications for the Housing Executive in respect of the results to date from the on going air quality monitoring at Springhill Park, Strabane by the Environmental Health Department of Strabane District Council. (AQW 3239/01) Mr Dodds: Strabane District Council has been monitoring the level of smoke in the atmosphere for a couple of years and the current monitoring may be as a result of European Union guidelines. The Housing Executive has not seen the results of any monitoring reports. It will consider the full findings of any environmental survey, when available, and factor this into the prioritisation of its heating replacement programme. The Housing Executive has an ongoing heating programme in progress, which will result in the phased replacement of solid fuel heating, and contribute to better air quality. However, the delivery of the programme will take several years at current funding levels. Accelerating the programme would require substantial additional funds and even if those were available, delivery within a much shorter time frame would depend very much on the capacity of the plumbing and heating industry. Consultancy Firms/Consultants Mr Weir asked the Minister for Social Development, pursuant to AQW 1955/01, to detail the level of expenditure, in each of the last three years, on consultancy firms/consultants that are based in (a) Northern Ireland (b) the Republic of Ireland (c) the rest of the UK and (d) outside the British Isles. (AQW 3274/01) Mr Dodds: The level of expenditure, in each of the last 3 years, on consultancy firms/consultants that are based in (a) Northern Ireland (b) the Republic of Ireland (c) the rest of the UK and (d) outside the British Isles is set out in the table below. The difference of £137,378 over the figures previously supplied is due to a typographical error amounting to £117,800 in respect of the figures for 2000/2001 and additional expenditure of £15,652 for 2000/2001 and £3,926 for 2001/2002, which due to an oversight, was not included in my earlier reply.
DLA Claimants: Mr Wells asked the Minister for Social Development to detail, by constituency, the number of DLA claimants aged over 18 which have diabetes as the main disabling condition. (AQW 3315/01) Mr Dodds: The table below provides the information requested as at 28 February 2002.
1. The computer scan contains missing postcodes. No electoral ward can be assigned in this circumstance so these have been grouped a "missing postcode". 2. In producing these analyses, individual records were attributed to wards and Board on the basis of their postcode. Not all records can be correctly allocated to a ward using this method, and some cannot be allocated at all. 3. Past investigation has demonstrated that mis-allocations and non-allocations do not necessarily occur randomly between areas, and at ward level the proportion of records mis-allocated or unallocated can be substantial. 4. At present, it seems likely that a higher than average proportion of the records that cannot be attributed to a ward are in the following areas: Fermanagh District Council, Derry City Council and parts of Belfast City Council. |
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