§ 19. Sir Teddy TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the cost of damage to property by terrorist groups in the most recent year for which figures are available and over the past 10 years, respectively.
§ Sir Patrick MayhewResponsibility for the subject in question has been delegated to the Compensation Agency under its chief executive, Mr. J. Robinson. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
580WLetter from J. Robinson to Sir Teddy Taylor, dated 1 July 1993.
I refer to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning the amount of criminal damage to property caused by terrorist groups. The Secretary of State has asked me to respond.
I regret that the information is not available in the form you requested. However the following are details of the total amount of compensation paid for terrorist related criminal damage claims which were settled in each year since 1982–83:
Year of settlement Total amount paid £million 1982–83 25.5 1983–84 22.3 1984–85 22.9 1985–86 16.7 1986–87 18.9 1987–88 10.6 1988–89 16.9 1989–90 18–4 1990–91 18.9 1991–92 19.7 1992–93 40.2 These amounts include the costs and expenses incurred by applicants in making out and verifying their claims.
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