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Written question asked by Peter Robinson (Democratic Unionist Party) on Monday, 13 February 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 16 February 2006. It was answered by David Cairns (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 June 2006 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Road Service

Question
(2) what requirements are in place for the maintenance of property compulsorily purchased by the Road Service before completion of the relevant road scheme;
Answer

The Chief Executive of Roads Service (Dr. Malcolm McKibbin) has been asked to write to the hon. Gentleman in response to this question.Letter from Dr. Malcolm McKibbin, dated 20 February 2006."You recently asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland two Parliamentary Questions regarding compulsory purchased properties owned by Roads Service:""how many properties the Road Service has compulsorily purchased for future road schemes in each of the last 20 years, broken down by division in Northern Ireland; and""what requirements are in place for the maintenance of property compulsorily purchased by the Road Service before completion of the relevant road scheme.""As these issues fall within my responsibility as Chief Executive of Roads Service I have been asked to reply.""The following table details the number of properties compulsorily purchased or purchased under blight by Roads Service in each of the last 20 years, which haven't yet been used for a proposed road scheme."

Number of properties acquired
Northern division Southern division Western division Eastern division
1985 0 0 0 0
1986 0 1 0 0
1987 0 0 0 0
1988 0 0 0 0
1989 0 0 0 4
1990 0 0 0 1
1991 0 0 0 1
1992 0 0 0 3
1993 0 0 0 2
1994 0 0 0 0
1995 0 0 0 2
1996 0 0 0 1
1997 0 0 0 5
1998 0 0 0 2
1999 0 0 0 2
2000 0 0 0 2
2001 0 0 0 0
2002 0 0 0 0
2003 0 0 0 1
2004 0 0 0 0
2005 0 0 0 0

"The day-to-day management of property acquired by Roads Service in advance of road schemes is carried out by the Department for Social Development’s Lands Service, under the terms of a Service Level Agreement (currently under review). The term ‘management’ as defined in the Service Level Agreement includes the letting of land, collection of rent, rent review, rent accounting and maintenance of property. It also includes the supervision of derelict land and buildings to ensure that they do not constitute a danger to the public and the safeguarding of vacant land against vandals."

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
447 c694-5W; 52474
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Buildings Roads Service
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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