To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give details of the financial support given to housing associations in Northern Ireland for the provision of new dwellings.

Information on capital funding to housing associations in Northern Ireland is not available on a basis which distinguishes between new build and rehabilitation. However, it is estimated that in 1989–90 expenditure by housing associations on new build for rent was some £19 million out of a total of over £29 million.