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Department of Finance and Personnel

£
	Local authority	Amount provided
2001-02	—	0
2002-03	Cookstown district	150,000
2003-04	—	0
2004-05	Banbridge district	10,950
2005-06	—	0

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The total Government funding provided to local authorities for the improvement of sporting facilities in each of the last five years is as follows:

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£
Council	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	Total
Larne borough	40,930	—	—	—	8,375	49,305
Banbridge district	—	15,570	—	19,129	—	34,699
Derry city	—	40,542	83,714	38,100	65,606	227,962
Antrim borough	—	—	920	5,000	—	5,920
Ballymena borough	—	—	46,989	20,000	40,031	107,020
Belfast city	—	—	80,174	152,000	112,551	344,725
Carrickfergus borough	—	—	3,517	33,033	—	36,550
Coleraine borough	—	—	374,422	—	282,627	657,049
Cookstown district	—	150,000	16,097	—	—	166,097
Craigavon borough	—	—	41,524	—	15,623	57,147
Limavady borough	—	—	22,565	—	—	22,565
Lisburn city	—	—	7,400	3,000	—	14,000
Magherafelt district	—	—	31,800	—	16,800	48,600
Moyle district	—	—	20,728	38,325	40,241	99,294
Newtownabbey borough	—	—	10,722	—	—	10,722
North Down borough	—	—	14,530	—	—	14,530
Omagh district	—	—	17,120	—	9,142	26,262
Ballymoney borough	—	—	—	4,504	6,435	10,939
Strabane	—	—	260,000	—	100,000	360,000
Armagh city	—	—	—	—	162,252	162,252
Fermanagh	—	—	—	28,822	—	28,822
Totals	40,930	206,112	1,032,222	341,913	863,283	2,484,460

Sunbeds

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many local authorities in Northern Ireland do not permit the use of sunbeds in their leisure facilities. [87989]

David Cairns: Of the 26 district councils in Northern Ireland, 25 do not permit the use of sunbeds in their leisure facilities. The remaining council will close the one leisure facility that currently has sunbeds, at the end of the summer for refurbishment and when it reopens, sunbeds will not be provided.

Twelfth Celebrations

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the revenue accruing to the economy in Northern Ireland through the annual Twelfth Celebrations; and if he will make a statement. [86323]

Maria Eagle: While Government have made no estimate of the revenue accruing to the economy in Northern Ireland through the Twelfth Celebrations. the Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office, who is responsible for social development recently announced Government funding of £104,200 for the County Grand Orange Lodge of Belfast to employ a development officer for three years to implement a strategy for the management of Twelfth of July celebrations within Belfast. The objectives for the post include: encouraging the Twelfth of July as an economic promotional day for trade and commerce in Belfast city centre and its main arterial routes; and, promoting Belfast in a positive light and encouraging visitors to watch the parade.

Vandalism

Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many instances of vandalism were reported in (a) Castlereagh and (b) East Belfast district command unit in each year since 1990. [77376]

Paul Goggins: Crime statistics collated by the PSNI do not record a specific offence of ‘vandalism’. There are a number of offences categorized under criminal damage and these are shown in the following tables, and cover the years from 1998-99 to 2005-06. Due to a change in Home Office counting rules in April 1998, statistics prior to that date belong to a different statistical series and are not comparable.

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Castlereagh district command unit
	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Arson	28	23	41	92	71	43	46	60
Petrol bombing offences	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Explosives offences	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Criminal damage/malicious damage	670	874	866	1,207	910	784	738	889
Other	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1
Total criminal damage	704	897	908	1,301	983	827	786	950

East Belfast district command unit
	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Arson	72	93	89	101	130	121	81	92
Petrol bombing offences	8	3	6	6	10	2	2	3
Explosives offences	0	0	4	3	15	0	5	4
Criminal damage/malicious damage	1,760	1,821	1,954	2,101	2,174	1,440	1,289	1,484
Other	1	1	2	7	7	12	18	24
Total criminal damage	1,841	1,918	2,055	2,218	2,336	1,575	1,395	1,607

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