AQW 41685/11-15


Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry


Tabled Date: 03/02/2015
Answered On Date: 17/02/2015
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister for Social Development to detail the number of houses which have benefitted from housing support services through the Supporting People Programme, in East Londonderry, since 2012.


Answer:
Supporting People is my Department’s programme for housing related support which aims to help vulnerable people live as independently as possible in the community. Programme information is, therefore, focused on the number of vulnerable people benefitting.
There have been a total of 38 Supporting People schemes active in East Londonderry for the duration of the period from April 2012 to present.
35 of these schemes have offered accommodation-based support and 3 schemes have offered floating support (to clients in their own homes).
The total capacity of these schemes, which is the total number of people who can be helped at one time, has grown over the period and is currently 772 people. This is summarised in the table below:
Capacity at April 2012
Capacity at February 2015
Accommodation-based Service
667
670
Floating Support
57
102
Total
724
772
The Information provided in this response is governed by the Principles and Protocols of the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. This is enforced by UK Statistics Authority.