§ Mr. McGradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the cost 157W of the damage to property caused by the incident at Drumcree and subsequent events during July and August 1996. [139]
§ 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 D. A. Stanley to Mr. Eddie McGrady, dated 29 October 1996:
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has asked me to reply, on behalf of the Compensation Agency, to your recent Question regarding the estimated cost of damage to property caused by the incident at Drumcree and subsequent events during July and August 1996.The Agency estimates that criminal damage amount to £20 million occurred throughout Northern Ireland during the period 9–14 July. Claims with an estimated value of £9 million have been received for incidents for the period of 15 July onwards. These estimates are based on the Agency's loss adjusters' current valuation of individual claims and may, of course, change as the claims proceed to settlement.