AQW 45841/11-15


Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry


Tabled Date: 15/05/2015
Answered On Date: 01/06/2015
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister for Social Development to detail the number of Disabled Facilities Grant applications which were received by his Department; and of these, to detail (i) how many were successful; and (ii) how many homes were improved as an outcome, in 2014/2015, broken down by constituency.


Answer:
The table below, provided by the Housing Executive and broken down by Parliamentary constituency, details:-
The number of Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) applications made in 2014/15;
The number of those applications which were approved; and
The number of applications approved which are complete
Disabled Facilities Grant statistics 2014-15 by Constituency
Constituency
Applications
Approvals
Completions
Belfast East
32
32
15
Belfast North
68
68
33
Belfast South
32
31
9
Belfast West
72
72
39
East Antrim
41
39
13
East Londonderry
66
66
38
Fermanagh And South Tyrone
103
103
44
Foyle
96
85
37
Lagan Valley
51
46
22
Mid Ulster
107
104
32
Newry And Armagh
77
74
17
North Antrim
71
70
29
North Down
38
38
18
South Antrim
39
39
18
South Down
73
68
23
Strangford
52
51
19
Upper Bann
76
65
21
West Tyrone
114
110
44
TOTAL
1,208
1,161
471
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.