§ Ms MowlamTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was spent on criminal damage and emergency provisions compensation in each of the last 10 years.
§ Sir John WheelerResponsibility for the subject in question has been delegated to the Compensation Agency under its chief executive, Mr. Denis Stanley. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Denis Stanley to Ms Majorie Mowlam, dated 13 February 1995:
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has asked me to reply, on behalf of the Compensation Agency, to your recent Question regarding criminal damage and emergency provisions compensation.
The following amounts of compensation were paid out on criminal damage and emergency provisions in each of the last ten years:
Year Criminal damage compensation £ million Emergency provisions compensation 1984–85 19.9 Not available 1985–86 17.2 Not available 1986–87 15.2 0.3 1987–88 19.0 0.6 1988–89 20.6 1.3 1989–90 22.1 1.2 1990–91 22.7 1.7 1991–92 33.1 1.9 1992–93 75.9 2.8 1993–94 67.9 2.6