§ Mr. Peter Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many claims for compensation affecting commercial property there are arising from terrorist incidents which are at present being processed by the Northern Ireland Office; and how long it has been since they were submitted.
§ Mr. Alison[pursuant to his reply, 5 November 1979, c. 86]: As far as possible the outstanding claims arising from terrorist incidents have been categorised under various headings and commercial properties include shops, department stores, garages, public houses, hotels, banks and building society premises, but exclude industrial premises and transport services. It is not practicable to list these individually according to when each claim was submitted, but the following table shows the total figures against the financial year in which the claims were received:
Financial Year in which received Number 1969–70 … 3 1970–71 … 12 1971–72 … 58 1972–73 … 81 1973–74 … 65 1974–75 … 67 1975–76 … 79 1976–77 … 181 1977–78 … 110 1978–79 … 351 to 31 October 1979 … 350