QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER
ON TUESDAY 9 MARCH 2010

Questions to the Minister for Social Development

1. Mr P Weir (North Down)

To ask the Minister for Social Development for her assessment of the Savills Report on the Housing Executive's housing stock.

AQO 903/10

2. Mr I McCrea (Mid Ulster)

To ask the Minister for Social Development what role her Department is playing in addressing anti-social behaviour in Moneymore.

AQO 904/10

3. Mr D O'Loan (North Antrim)

To ask the Minister for Social Development for an update on the work of her Department in promoting a shared future.

AQO 905/10

4. Mr C Boylan (Newry and Armagh)

To ask the Minister for Social Development how many people are currently in receipt of incapacity benefit.

AQO 906/10

5. Mr I Paisley Jnr (North Antrim)

To ask the Minister for Social Development for an update on the delivery of the community development fund in North Antrim

AQO 907/10

6. Mr P Maskey (West Belfast)

To ask the Minister for Social Development what action she is taking to address the increasing numbers of people seeking debt advice services after falling behind in their mortgage payments.

AQO 908/10

7. Mr A Maskey (South Belfast)

To ask the Minister for Social Development how many units of social housing were started in 2008/09.

AQO 909/10

8. Ms C Ní Chuilín (North Belfast)

To ask the Minister for Social Development to outline the rationale for the removal of ring-fencing of funding for social housing in North and West Belfast and the Derry City Council area.

AQO 910/10

9. Mr T Clarke (South Antrim)

To ask the Minister for Social Development what is the longest period of time that her Department has taken to pay a supplier since the 10-day payment deadline was introduced.

AQO 911/10

10. Mr J Spratt (South Belfast)

To ask the Minister for Social Development what action her Department is taking to ensure that people receive all the social security benefits to which they are entitled.

AQO 912/10

11. Mr G Campbell (East Londonderry)

To ask the Minister for Social Development for an update on the Ramparts Scheme and Lanes Scheme developments for Coleraine town centre.

AQO 913/10

12. Mr P McGlone (Mid Ulster)

To ask the Minister for Social Development for an update on the output from the social housing development programme in the current financial year.

AQO 914/10

13. Ms D Purvis (East Belfast)

To ask the Minister for Social Development how she measures the effectiveness of the Lone Parent Regulations in moving lone parents from Income Support or Job Seeker's Allowance to work, given that her Department does not collect or maintain data on the number of lone parents finding work.

AQO 915/10

14. Mr D Kennedy (Newry and Armagh)

To ask the Minister for Social Development for an update on her Department's performance in relation to social housing targets.

AQO 916/10