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Written question asked by Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party) on Tuesday, 24 February 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 27 February 2015 (named day). It was answered by Mark Francois (Conservative) on Friday, 27 February 2015 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Bomb Disposal: Northern Ireland

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions were explosive ordnance disposal personnel deployed in Northern Ireland to deal with devices or suspect devices between 20 February 2014 and 19 February 2015.

Answer

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 17 March 2014 (Official Report, column 496W). The information requested is published annually in the Report of the Independent Reviewer of the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007. A copy of the report covering up to July 2014 is available in the Library of the House.

Between August 2014 and 19 February 2015, Explosive Ordnance Disposal personnel have responded on a further 163 occasions to incidents in Northern Ireland.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
225158
Session
2014-15
Attachment
Hansard Extract 17 March 2014
Subjects
Bomb disposal Northern Ireland
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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