Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of each type of small arms in use by UK armed forces in Afghanistan were lost or otherwise unaccounted for in each year since the deployment of UK forces.

The table provides information on the number of pistols and rifles reported by the Royal Navy and British Army as lost in Afghanistan between 1 January 2002, when records began, and 30 June 2014. The Ministry of Defence does not centrally hold information on the number of pistols and rifles reported as lost in Afghanistan by the Royal Air Force. The table does not include personal weapons which have been written off, for example as a result of battlefield damage.