§ Mr. Laurence RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will estimate how many people have been forced from their homes by(a) Loyalist and (b) Republican paramilitary organisations (i) since the signing of the Belfast Agreement and (ii) during the year 2002; and if he will make a statement. [82017]
§ Jane KennedyFrom 1 April 1998 to 31 October 2002, 6,646 persons presented themselves to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive as being homeless due to intimidation. Information for the year 2002 cannot be supplied in the form requested but from 1 April 2002, 983 persons presented themselves to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive as being homeless due to intimidation.
It is a deplorable situation where people have been forced from their homes and this has strengthened the Government's resolve to work with communities to find a resolution to this problem.