§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when and who signed the contract on behalf of the Police Authority for Northern Ireland for the purchase of land at Antrim Road, Belfast, where RUC Antrim Road now stands; if the Common Seal was applied; and if the transaction was numbered and recorded in the book provided. [29220]
§ Mr. Ingram[holding answer 23 February 1998]: The purchase of land at Antrim Road, Belfast, for the RUC Antrim Road complex was acquired in two parts. The first part consisting of 10 properties was acquired by way of a Vesting Order, signed by the Secretary of State on 14 October 1974.
The second part consisting of two properties was acquired by Private Treaty in 1979. The contracts for both properties were signed by Senior Officials of the Police Authority. The Common Seal was not applied as there was no provision nor requirement to do so for this type 196W of transaction. Transactions are numbered and recorded only where the Common Seal has been applied.
§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if she will place in the Library copies of the(a) correspondence, (b) surveys, (c) contracts, (d) minutes of the Police Authority and (e) other relevant material concerning the purchase of land at Antrim Road, Belfast, for the building of a police station. [29221]
§ Mr. Ingram[holding answer 23 February 1998]: The correspondence, surveys, contracts, minutes and other relevant material requested contain information which should not be disclosed for security reasons. Therefore the information requested will not be placed in the Library.
§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which members of the Police Authority declared a pecuniary or other interest in the purchase of land at Antrim Road, Belfast, for the building of a police station. [29222]
§ Mr. Ingram[holding answer 23 February 1998]: The late Sir Myles Humphreys, the then Chairman of the Police Authority for Northern Ireland, declared an interest in No. 11 Cavehill Road, a property the purchase of which was under consideration by the Police Authority.
§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland who were the vendors of land at Antrim Road, Belfast, purchased for the building of RUC Antrim Road, Belfast; and what was the purchase price paid by the Police Authority. [29223]
§ Mr. Ingram[holding answer 23 February 1998]: The following properties 274, 276, 278, 280, 282, 286 and 288 Antrim Road and 9 and 35 Cavehill Road—were vested by the Secretary of State in 1974. Two further properties—11 and 13 Cavehill Road—were purchased by the Authority in 1979. The names of the vendors cannot be released for security reasons. Records for prices paid for the properties are incomplete. However prices paid for eight of the twelve properties totalled £61,750.