Schools

Mr. Dodds
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many incidents of vandalism against school property occurred in (a) North Belfast, (b) Belfast and (c) Ireland; and what the total cost was in each area, in each year since 2000. [127422]

Jane Kennedy
The cost of vandalism met by each Education and Library Board in controlled and maintained schools in each financial year since 2000 is as follows: -----------------------------
|Education and Library Board|
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|Belfast                    |
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|Western                    |
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|North-Eastern              |
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|South-Eastern              |
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|Southern                   |
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|Total                      |
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The computerised system currently operated by the 5 Education and Library Boards is being upgraded at this time and information on the number of incidents of vandalism in schools and on the cost of such incidents is not available at present. The information on North  Belfast schools is also not available at this time. I will write to the honourable member when this information becomes available.