Ms Geraldine Tallon:

No, by the end of 2009 there were 3,700 unsold affordable houses and a much reduced market for such housing. Further affordable houses were delivered in 2010 – 480 – and a smaller number – 84 – in 2011. The number of unsold affordable houses in 2011 was 4,200. A substantial number were taken into the social leasing scheme in the years since 2009. A total of 2,200 houses are either operational, are approved or in the process of transition into social leasing. We have also transferred a number of unsold affordable houses to the main social housing programme. In effect, they have been bought by local authorities rather than by private purchasers. Approximately 600 have transferred-----