AQW 41685/11-15 Written question to the Minister for Social Development
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.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 3 February 2015
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 3 February 2015
- Answer due by
- 18 February 2015
- Answered
- 17 February 201514 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
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.