AQW 8613/16-21

Mrs Jenny Palmer
Ulster Unionist Party
Lagan Valley

Tabled Date: 06/12/2016
Answered On Date: 15/12/2016
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail how many people currently on the NIHE waiting list are registered as disabled.

Answer:

The Housing Executive has advised that information such as whether or not an applicant is registered as disabled is not held.

However, there are some indicators which may highlight if an applicant or a member of the applicant’s household may have a disability. The indicators are;

The Wheelchair user indicator;

Health & Social Wellbeing indicator;

Complex Needs indicator; and

The Functionality Matrix indicator.

The waiting list as at 30 September 2016 for applicants with these indicators totals 13,866.