Ms Caroline Timmons:

Fair enough. We have supplied the figures for what has been allocated. They are broken down by local authority and disability category. The committee will see that some improvement has been happening in that respect. We will keep working on ensuring that the numbers improve and the relevant targets are accelerated. As social housing increases overall, that allocation is expected to increase as well.

The Deputy asked whether we knew what percentage of households on the social housing waiting list used wheelchairs. The 2018 summary of social housing assessments contains data on how many households with disabilities are on the list. The figure is down on the 2017 one. The Deputy is correct, though, in that we do not collect information on which households use wheelchairs. This issue was raised at the committee last week. A part of the issue is that there is not a box on the form. The committee was going to consider whether that should be a recommendation. If so, we could accept it because the issue has already arisen for us and we have decided that it should be done. The committee could call it a win. The Deputy is right about the need for us to collect that information and we would be happy to take that recommendation on board.

I will let my colleague, Mr. O'Reilly, reply to the question on the adaptation grant, as he is in that field.