To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many new houses have been built by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive in each of the last five years; and what are the projected new start figures for the next three years.
This is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive whose chief executive has advised me that it has started the following numbers of new dwellings in the last five years.
Year
| Number
|
| 1986–87 | 1,675 |
| 1987–88 | 1,632 |
| 1988–89 | 1,554 |
| 1989–90 | 1,404 |
| 1990–91 | 1,007 |
The executive expects to start building 800 new dwellings in the current year but it has not yet proposed how its resources should be allocated for the next three years. Consequently, it is not possible to provide projected figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many new starts have been made by housing associations in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and what are the projected figures for each of the next three years.
The position for registered housing associations is as follows:
| New Starts Year | Dwellings (Self-contained) | Hostel Bedspaces (Shared) |
| 1987–88 | 692 | 285 |
| 1988–89 | 378 | 236 |
| 1989–90 | 623 | 41 |
| 1990–91 | 733 | 259 |
| 11991–92 | 610 | 290 |
| 1992–93 | 600 | 250 |
| 1993–94 | 660 | 280 |
| 1994–95 | 720 | 300 |
| 1 Figures for 1991–92 are estimated. | ||