HC Deb 30 October 1996 vol 284 c157W
Mr. John D. Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in the last financial year what was the contribution of each of the harbours at(a) Portavogie, (b) Ardglass and (c) Kilkeel to the income of the Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority; and what was the capital expenditure by the authority at each of these fishing ports in the same financial year. [45]

Mr. Ancram

The following table provides details of the authority's income and expenditure in 1995–96:

Ardglass £ Kilkeel £ Portavogie £
Operating income 101,109 311,421 235,292
Capital works expenditure 315,692 548,111 154,526

Mr. McGrady

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many claims were made for compensation as a result of (i) damage to property and (ii) injury to persons as a result of the incident at Drumcree and subsequent events in July and August 1996. [138]

Sir John Wheeler

Responsibility 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 number of claims made for compensation in respect of damage to property and injury to persons as a result of the incident at Drumcree and subsequent events during July and August 1996. The Agency has received a total of 2,665 criminal damage claims and 2,431 criminal injury claims for incidents that occurred during the months of July and August. Prior to July, the number of criminal damage claims being received each month was around 100 and the number of criminal injury claims was around 900 each month. Therefore 2,465 additional criminal damage claims and 631 additional criminal injury claims have been received so far for the months of July and August.