To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the number of second homes in the East Londonderry constituency; (ii) the same figures for the last five years; and (iii) her assessment of the effect of higher numbers of second homes in an area on homelessness and local and social housing provision.

Data is not available on the number of second homes at constituency level either for this year or over the last five years. I am aware that some areas are likely to have a higher prevalence of second homes and that this may then impact on the housing available for full time residency.

My Department does not have responsibility for private housing but I recognise that housing is an integrated system. My programme of work therefore encompasses the development of a Housing Supply Strategy that seeks to identify and address those whole system issues which impact on supply across all tenures.