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Mr. Peter Robinson
asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what has been the cost of vandalism to schools in each of the five educational board areas in Northern Ireland in each of the last four years.
Mr. Scott
The following broad estimates of expenditure in each of the last four financial years to remedy damage by vandalism caused to school property have been supplied by the five education and library boards.
| Board | 1978–79 | 1979–80 | 1980–81 | 1981–82 |
| £000s | £000s | £000s | £000s | |
| Belfast | 145 | 169 | 187 | 262 |
| North-Eastern | 44 | 54 | 44 | 54 |
| South-Eastern | 82 | 83 | 102 | 145 |
| Southern | 11* | 35 | 100 | 90 |
| Western | 20* | 28* | 65* | 75* |
* Excludes minor glazing costs.