To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if a pension fund actuarial valuation has been attributed to the employees of Northern Ireland international airport in preparation for privatisation; and if he will give the name of the actuary.

No pension fund actuarial valuation has yet been carried out.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assurance he will give to employees of Northern Ireland international airport that their pension rights and expectations will be fully protected after privatisation.

Privatisation of Northern Ireland Airports Limited will not affect the pension rights and expectations of existing employees. If a new pension scheme were to be established in place of the existing scheme, it would be on terms that the benefits to be made available would be the same in all substantial respects as those presently enjoyed under current arrangements and any new scheme would receive the assets of the existing scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list contract commencement and completion dates and the contract price for replacing defective district heating mains pipework at the New Mossley housing estate in Newtownabbey.

The chief executive of the Housing Executive has advised me that the contract details for the replacement of defective district heating mains pipework at New Mossley were as follows:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the contract commencement and completion dates and the contract price for fitting new card operated district heating meters at (a) New Mossley housing estate, Newtownabbey and (b) Springfarm housing estate, Antrim.

The chief executive of the Housing Executive has advised me that the contract details for fitting new card operated district heating meters in New Mossley and Springfarm estates are as follows: