§ Mr. Peter Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will estimate the amount of damage caused by vandalism to public housing in each housing region in Northern Ireland in each of the past two years.
§ Mr. David MitchellThis is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, but I understand from the chairman that it is not possible to provide a reliable estimate of the amount of damage caused by vandalism since not all such damage is reported and some reported damage is not made good—for example, damage to trees.
In the last two years expenditure on repair of damage known to have been caused by vandalism was as follows:
364W
1979–80 £
1980–81 £
Belfast Region 42,124 77,326 South-East Region 16,802 32,400 South Region 55,655 43,309 North-East Region 56,659 62,888
1979–80 £
1980–81 £
North-West Region 13,828 11,243 West Region 4,247 3,300 189,315 230,466