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Armed Robberies
Mr. William Ross: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list for each week in each RUC sub division in Northern Ireland since 1 January the number of armed robberies which have taken place and his estimate of the total sums of money and the value of goods stolen. [128615]
Mr. Ingram: The table shows the number of armed robberies recorded in Northern Ireland each month during the period 1 January to 28 June 2000 together with the estimated value of goods or money stolen. This information could be further broken down into weekly statistics only at a disproportionate cost.
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| January | February | March | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sub-division | Number | Amount stolen | Number | Amount stolen | Number | Amount stolen |
| Musgrave Street | 2 | 103,000 | 3 | 283 | 2 | 121 |
| Mountpottinger | 6 | 1,700 | 2 | 203 | 2 | 480 |
| Donegall Pass | 2 | 1,945 | 3 | 100 | 1 | -- |
| Dunmurry | 4 | 6,641 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Grosvenor Road | -- | -- | 2 | 470 | 2 | 30,000 |
| Lisburn | 1 | 2,000 | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Woodbourne | 1 | 4,000 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 242 |
| North Queen Street | 1 | 4,000 | 1 | 200 | 1 | 61 |
| Antrim Road | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 6,000 |
| Antrim | 2 | 250 | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Newtownabbey | 2 | 13,700 | 1 | 150 | 7 | 4,042 |
| Carrickfergus | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
| Tennent Street | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Bangor | -- | -- | 2 | 425 | 2 | 51 |
| Strandtown | 6 | 2,834 | 2 | 3,500 | 2 | 210 |
| Castlereagh | 5 | 4,792 | 1 | 5,000 | 2 | 2 |
| Newtownards | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1,706 |
| Downpatrick | 3 | 1,000 | -- | -- | 1 | 800 |
| Newcastle | -- | -- | 1 | 2,098 | -- | -- |
| Armagh | 3 | 5,401 | 1 | -- | 4 | 7,651 |
| Newry | 2 | 1,300 | -- | -- | 2 | 100 |
| Portadown | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Lurgan | 2 | 5,000 | 1 | 2,600 | 2 | 80 |
| Banbridge | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Cookstown | 1 | 25,460 | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Dungannon | -- | -- | 1 | 250 | -- | -- |
| Enniskillen | 1 | 100,000 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Lisnaskea | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Omagh | -- | -- | 1 | 4,500 | -- | -- |
| Strand Road | 2 | 270 | -- | -- | 1 | 1 |
| Strabane | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 1,062 |
| Waterside | -- | -- | 1 | 260 | -- | -- |
| Coleraine | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 305 |
| Limavady | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Magherafelt | 2 | 1,570 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Ballymena | 2 | 6,000 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Ballymoney | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Larne | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Total | 51 | 290,863 | 29 | 20,041 | 40 | 52,914 |
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RUC (Vehicle Accident)
Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the circumstances of the road traffic accident involving an RUC vehicle driven by the Secretary and Chief Executive of the Police Authority for Northern Ireland; what arrangements were made for the repair of the vehicle; and if he will make a statement. [129215]
Mr. Ingram: No official report has been received of any RUC vehicle being used by the Secretary and Chief Executive of the Police Authority being involved in a road traffic accident.
CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
Parliamentary Questions
Mr. Maclennan: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many of the written parliamentary questions tabled to his Department between 19 October 1999 and 20 April have not received substantive answers, excluding those not answered for reasons of (a) disproportionate cost, (b) information not available, not held centrally, or not held in the form requested and (c) commercial or other confidentiality. [127677]
Mr. Chris Smith [holding answer 26 June 2000]: I assume the right hon. Member is referring to parliamentary questions where Ministers indicate in their response that they will write to hon. Members. If so, there have been 44 such cases out of a total of 1,044
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parliamentary questions answered by my Department in the period in question. In 13 of these cases, I undertook to write to the hon. Member in my capacity as Chairman of the Millennium Commission.
National Lottery
Miss Geraldine Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much money is currently held in the National Lottery distribution fund which is not committed to projects. [128348]
Kate Hoey: As at March 2000, just under £200 million of the money held in the National Lottery Distribution Fund was not committed to specific projects. Nearly three-quarters of uncommitted funds are for the New Opportunities Fund (NOF), but NOF anticipate that all its funds will be committed during the course of this financial year.
Free Television Licences
Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) how many households have been sent an application form concerning the availability, to people aged 75 and over, of free television licences; and at what total cost to the public purse; [128817]
- (2) what has been the cost to the public purse of (a) printing expenses and (b) postage, of sending out communications publicising the availability of free television licences for people aged 75 and over. [128816]
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Mr. Chris Smith [holding answer 3 July 2000]: The BBC is responsible for administering this scheme and has advised that the information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost and by diverting resources which would otherwise be devoted to the successful implementation of the scheme.
Mr. Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the administrative cost is, including postage, of informing people aged over 75 years about their entitlement to concessionary television licences; and if he will make a statement. [129035]
Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many households have been sent letters regarding the concessionary TV licence scheme for people aged over 75 years; how much the total cost was of printing and posting the letters; and how many replies have been received. [128531]
Janet Anderson [holding answer 4 July 2000]: The BBC is responsible for administering this scheme and has advised that the information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost and by diverting resources which would otherwise be devoted to the successful implementation of the scheme.
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