Ms Mary Hurley:

If those people make themselves known to their local authorities, we will work with those authorities to facilitate early engagement. It is difficult when the local authority does not know about a person. Certainly, we can engage in a campaign around prevention. We encourage local authorities, to facilitate people they know are going to lose homes, whether through a notice to quit in a private rented dwelling or through the repossession of a home. We are also working mortgage-to-rent scheme. There are 671 mortgage-to-rent cases in the system now. Where people lose homes and are eligible for social housing, the best solution for us is to keep them in those homes. We can work on that under the scheme. Ms Ryan will respond to the Deputy's queries on HAP.