§ Mr. Pounderasked the Postmaster-General (1) how many public telephones and kiosks, respectively, have been wilfully damaged in Belfast during each of the past five years; and what has been the cost of such damage;
(2) how many public telephone cash boxes in Belfast have been wilfully broken into in each of the last five years; and what additional precautions he plans to prevent recurrences of this practice.
§ Mr. Joseph SlaterThe information is as follows:
Number of kiosks wilfully damaged Number of cash containers broken into 1st January, 1966–24th June, 1966 200 29 1965 500 10 Full information for earlier years and the cost of the damage is not readily available but there were 258 cases of wilful damage to kiosks in 1964 and 158 cases in 1963.
Strengthening devices and secret alarms are being fitted to call offices in all areas subject to vandalism.