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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Firearms and Weapons: Theft (30 October 2020)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish a list of the (a) number and (b) types of small arms and light weapons that went missing from his Department's establishments and facilities in 2018-19.

Asked by:
Mark Pritchard (Conservative)

Answer

The following table lists the number and type of Small Arms and Light Weapons recorded as missing from Defence Establishments and Facilities during 2018-19:

Number and Type of Small Arms and Light Weapons missing from Defence Establishments and Facilities during 2018-19

2018

(a) Number

(b) Type

1

Standard Issue Service Rifle (SA80)

Lost - British Army Training Unit Suffield, Canada

1

Standard Issue Service Rifle (SA80)

Lost - In deep water during exercise in Wales

2

.303 Lee Enfield Bolt Action Rifle (Deactivated)

Stolen - Reserve Centre

2019

(a) Number

(b) Type

4

Cadet Drill Purpose Rifle

Stolen - Merseyside Cadet Facility

4

Cadet Small Bore Target Rifle

Stolen - Merseyside Cadet Facility

1

General Purpose Machine Gun (with blank firing barrel)

Lost - At sea in bad weather

4

WW1-era Rifles (Deactivated)

Stolen - Reserve Centre

This information was previously released by my Department in response to Freedom of Information Requests (2018/10985, 2019/01322, 2019/12854 and 2020/07549) and is publicly available on the Gov.UK website.


Answered by:
Sir Jeremy Quin (Conservative)
9 November 2020

Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.