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Written question asked by Kevin McNamara (Labour) on Thursday, 26 April 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 8 May 2001. It was answered by Lord Spellar (Labour) on Tuesday, 8 May 2001 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Ministry of Defence

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information is routinely collected to monitor the use of plastic baton rounds.
Answer

Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what information is routinely collected to monitor the use of plastic baton rounds. [159547] Mr. Spellar: Information on plastic baton rounds fired by the Army is collected from a number of sources: the daily incident briefs (DIBs), brigade daily Northern Ireland reports (NIREPs) and plastic baton log reports. The information is held for internal use by Headquarters Northern Ireland, which also relays details of any baton round sage to the RUC as part of normal liaison activities.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
368 c14W; 159547
Session
2000-01
Subjects
Northern Ireland Monitoring Riot control weapons Baton rounds
Link
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