Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to 156W his reply on 24th January to the hon. Member for Londonderry regarding fees chargeable for reports on accidents, if he will now detail the number of reports supplied, and the fees received, in 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1977 or in the appropriate financial years if more convenient; and whether the sums received covered the cost of preparing the reports.
§ Mr. Dunn,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 30th January 1978; Vol. 943, c. 68], gave the following information:
Accident reports are supplied to interested parties by the police in the area where the accident occurred. No centralised record is kept of the number of reports supplied, and therefore the information requested is not readily available. Receipts in respect of the provision of reports as published in the Police Authority Accounts were as follows:
1973–74 £14,885 1974–75 £20,015 1975–76 £31,645 1976–77 £45,426