Written question asked by Sammy Wilson (Democratic Unionist Party) on Monday, 9 October 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 11 October 2006. It was answered by Maria Eagle (Labour) on Monday, 16 October 2006 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Vandalism

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many incidents of vandalism on schools in Northern Ireland were reported in each of the last 10 years.

Answer

The number of recorded incidents of vandalism in schools in the last three years for which information is available is as follows:

Full information is only available since 2003, when records held by the Education and Library Boards were computerised.

Secondary information