§ Mr. BeggsTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish by district council or housing area in Northern Ireland information on(a) the number of claims made for compensation for alleged personal injury in each of the last five years against the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and Department of Environment (Northern Ireland) Roads Service, (b) the amount of compensation paid by the Housing Executive and Roads Service Northern Ireland in each of the last five years and (c) the number of claims lodged for compensation against the Housing Executive and Road Service which have still to be settled.
§ Mr. NeedhamThe chairman of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive has advised me that the information sought about the number of claims made against the Housing Executive for compensation for alleged personal injury and the number outstanding, is not available in the form requested for the last five years. For 1983–84 and 1984–85 the information available is:
583WFor 1985–86 to 1987–88 the information available in respect of the total numbers of claims and compensation is:
1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 Claims made Claims made Claims made Claims outstanding at 31 December 1988 Region/district Total Personal injury Total Personal injury Total Personal injury Total Personal injury Headquarters — — 1 — 3 — — — Belfast 1 176 127 165 148 141 114 250 207 2 81 49 121 82 102 66 178 126 3 397 308 436 363 383 267 734 560 4 212 170 233 191 232 165 456 351 5 175 109 197 152 195 143 346 270 6 172 114 180 133 185 139 341 260 7 139 87 120 85 113 71 225 163 South East Bangor 23 15 22 15 26 18 37 29 Newtownards I 23 15 27 14 26 18 45 27 Newtownards II 10 9 15 6 21 10 28 14 Castlereagh I 47 23 51 27 97 31 126 52 Castlereagh II 14 10 17 9 20 13 31 21 Lisburn I 59 29 83 47 73 37 89 44 Lisburn II 19 16 25 12 31 16 43 25 Lisburn III 144 111 128 110 125 93 219 174 Downpatrick 80 27 90 30 68 34 130 59 South Banbridge 33 23 34 21 35 15 53 29 Newry I 90 36 109 52 104 60 150 64 Newry II 26 12 34 23 22 8 44 26 Kilkeel 7 2 8 1 9 2 9 2 Armagh 26 16 34 15 41 23 63 40 Craigavon 89 65 128 89 72 53 132 85 Lurgan 66 46 65 41 57 38 90 59 Portadown 35 13 36 18 34 19 63 34 North East Ballymena 56 12 51 19 54 20 90 38 Antrim 52 24 44 24 66 31 84 39 Newtownabbey I 79 57 153 115 127 111 213 166 Newtownabbey II 59 19 70 34 55 24 99 52 Carrickfergus 22 10 24 12 27 13 40 21 Larne 24 6 30 18 20 6 38 18 Ballycastle 8 1 7 1 8 4 12 5 Ballymoney 19 3 9 3 7 — 13 4 North West Londonderry I 340 267 344 275 242 187 533 424 Londonderry II 123 71 119 68 81 39 220 119 Londonderry III 122 101 174 132 163 131 315 238 Limavady 23 9 24 14 28 8 53 19 Coleraine 51 14 43 20 69 22 111 41 Magherafelt 22 11 19 8 34 8 55 17 Strabane 36 23 23 15 33 18 62 39 West Omagh 47 18 39 17 47 19 90 32 Cookstown 48 12 32 19 45 16 75 31 Dungannon 65 41 82 50 70 37 137 72 Enniskillen 26 11 29 9 29 9 54 16 TOTALS 3,365 2,142 3,675 2,537 3,420 2,156 6,186 4,136 Total compensation paid in each year £1,335,822 £1,485,496 £1,403,,904 Note: The claims figures relate to the year in which the incident took place and are the numbers received by 31 December 1988.
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Compensation claims made against the roads service of the Department of the Environment Northern Ireland are handled on a roads division basis. The information in respect of the total number of claims and compensation is: 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 Claims Compensation paid Claims Compensation paid Claims Compensation paid Claims Compensation paid Claims Compensation paid Claims still to be settled at 31 March 1989 £'000s £'000s £'000s £'000s £'000s £'000s £'000s £'000s £'000s £'000s Ballymena 240 71 266 135 316 127 339 180 348 155 235 Belfast 1,890 1,199 1979 2,004 2,594 2,231 2,920 2,847 2,855 2,806 4,616 Coleraine 458 198 509 245 780 397 969 534 824 734 450 Craigavon 418 397 492 387 599 657 651 506 695 694 523 Downpatrick 518 324 570 465 667 440 726 533 831 655 547 Omagh 327 123 409 301 433 279 488 421 1,500 373 490