To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the (i) number of people on the Northern Ireland Housing Executive Housing waiting list; and (ii) average waiting time and number of points before allocation, broken down by (a) council area; and (b) constituency.

The Housing Executive has advised that the total number of applicants on the social housing waiting list on the final day of the last available quarter (31 December 2019) was 38,308 applicants.

It has provided the following tables (1 – 2) which provide the average waiting times and number of points before allocation, i.e. at the point of allocation for one year to 31st December 2019, broken down by council area and parliamentary constituency; and table 3, which provides the Housing Executive Common Landlord Areas which cross Parliamentary Constituency boundaries.

Table 1 - Average waiting time and number of points at the point of allocation by Local Government District for 1 year to 31st December 2019.

Table 2 - Average waiting time and number of points at the point of allocation by Parliamentary Constituency for 1 year to 31st December 2019.

Table 3 – Housing Executive Common Landlord Areas which cross Parliamentary Constituency boundaries.