§ Mr. McGradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the total value of(a) house burglaries and (b) attacks on the person in the Coleraine borough in the last three years; and what additional resources have been made available to address this problem. [145103]
§ Jane KennedyThe information is not fully available in the format requested and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
The table sets out the number of domestic burglary and personal robbery offences within Coleraine District Council.
Domestic burglaries Personal robberies 2000–01 228 27 2001–02 405 28 2002–03 304 30 Depending on its nature, an 'attack on the person' can be recorded separately as a 'violent crime' (a category which also includes all offences against the person, sexual offences) or as an 'offence against the person' (this also includes assaults, intimidation and harassment offences), but a statistical breakdown could be established only at disproportionate cost.
It is not possible to establish the total value of property stolen or damaged, if any, as a result of these offences as there is no requirement for the police to keep a record of individuals' losses or the cost of repairs to properties.
832WThe police in Coleraine are tackling this type of crime through a number of means including intelligence-led policing and the provision of a full-time analyst dedicated to providing crime pattern analysis and the identification of crime hotspots. Additionally, a local crime team has been initiated and is being supported by a technical support group in respect of specific operations and a property-marking scheme is due to be piloted this year in a particular crime hotspot within the district council area.
§ Mr. McGradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many(a) house searches, (b) arrests and (c) convictions have taken place involving members of Loyalists paramilitary groups in the Coleraine borough in each year since 2000. [145104]
§ Jane KennedyTo supply the information specifically with regard to Loyalist groups would incur a disproportionate cost. However, the following table provides details of the number of house searches carried out in the Coleraine borough since 2000. Authorisations were issued to search dwelling houses for munitions, transmitters, scanning receivers and wireless apparatus.
Financial year Number of house searches 2000–01 22 2001–02 25 2002–03 4 2003–04 (to 30 September) 7