Ministry of Defence: Government Responses
(asked on 20th November 2018) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to Question 188038, tabled on 5 November 2018, by the hon. Member for East Londonderry.
Information regarding Army bomb disposal callouts between 2012-2018 can be found in the tables below. Following a review of data held by the Army, this also updates figures previously supplied in response to Questions 179144 and 179145:
1 July 2012 – 30 June 2014
LOCATION | TASKS* | IED DECLARATION | HOAX DECLRATION |
GB | 113 | 103 | 52 |
NI** | 273 | 134 | 178 |
UK total | 386 | 237 | 230 |
1 July 2014 – 30 June 2016
LOCATION | TASKS* | IED DECLARATION | HOAX DECLRATION |
GB | 120 | 78 | 40 |
NI** | 144 | 83 | 83 |
UK total | 264 | 161 | 123 |
1 July 2016 – 30 June 2018
LOCATION | TASKS* | IED DECLARATION | HOAX DECLRATION |
GB | 120 | 589*** | 44 |
NI** | 94 | 48 | 49 |
UK total | 214 | 627 | 93 |
* ‘Tasks’ refers to IED callouts (any task that may subsequently be classified by declaration as a Find, False, Hoax, IED, Explosion or Search Assist). This does not include callouts for incidents involving other items such as Conventional Munitions Disposal.
** All incidents requiring explosive ordnance disposal experts in Northern Ireland are dealt with solely by military personnel.
*** The high number of IED declarations between 1 July 2016 – 30 June 2018 is due to a task that yielded over 300 arrowhead type IEDs.