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Written question asked by Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party) on Tuesday, 2 April 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 April 2019 (named day). It was answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton (Conservative) on Monday, 8 April 2019 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Bomb Disposal: Northern Ireland

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, On how many occasions Army Bomb Disposal teams were called out in Northern Ireland between (a) 1 January 2014 and 1 July 2016 and (b) 1 July 2016 and 1 January 2019 as a result of (i) viable devices and (ii) hoax devices.

Answer

For the information on Army bomb disposal activity in Northern Ireland for January 2014 to July 2018, I refer the hon. Member to my response of
23 November 2018 to his Question 193391.

Data for the period of 1 August 2018 to 1 January 2019 can be found below:

1 July 2018 – 1 January 2019

LOCATION

TASKS*

IED DECLARATION

HOAX DECLARATION

Northern Ireland**

77

10

9

* ‘Tasks’ refers to IED callouts (any task that may subsequently be classified by declaration as a Find, False, Hoax, IED, Explosion or Search Assist), as opposed to all callouts for all incidents, including Conventional Munitions Disposal callouts. These categories reflect the definitions of the Report of the Independent Reviewer Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007.

** All incidents requiring explosive ordnance disposal experts in Northern Ireland are dealt with solely by military personnel.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
239898
Session
2017-19
Related items
Ministry of Defence: Government Responses
Friday, 23 November 2018
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Bomb disposal Northern Ireland
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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