To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people were occupying Housing Executive properties without a tenancy agreement in each of the last five years.
| Number of recorded meetings of the Northern Ireland Housing Council | ||||
| 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | ||
| 8 | 11 | 10 | ||
| District council | Members | Attendance | ||
| Antrim | S. Dunlop | 2(4) | — | — |
| J. Allen | 3(4) | 10 | 10 | |
| Ards | H. J. S. Gibson | 1 (4) | — | — |
| D. S. Smyth | 3(4) | 8 | 8 | |
| Armagh | J. Speers | 7 | 9 | 9 |
| Ballymena | A. Spence | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| Ballymoney | W. J. Logan | 8 | 11 | 10 |
| Banbridge | S. Cowan | 4(4) | — | — |
| J. Dobson | 3(4) | 5 | 6 | |
| Belfast | S. Wilson | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Carrickfergus | S. J. Stewart | 12(4) | 9 | 9 |
| Castlereagh | W. Abraham | 2(4) | 3(6) | — |
This is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and I am advised by its chief executive that the number of Housing Executive properties occupied without a tenancy agreement at 31 March in the years 1988 to 1991 was as follows:
| Number | |
| 1988 | 932 |
| 1989 | 838 |
| 1990 | 736 |
| 1991 | 592 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many squatters have been evicted by the Housing Executive in each of the last five years.
This is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and I am advised by its chief executive that one squatter was evicted by the Housing Executive during each of the following years: 1987–88, 1988–89 and 1989–90. No squatters were evicted during 1990–91, but two were evicted during 1991–92 (up to 31 December 1991).