HC Deb 18 June 1985 vol 81 cc99-100W
Mr. Beggs

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the estimated value of each of the

1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Totals
Weapons recovered by the Security Forces in Northern Ireland
Machine guns 3 11 28 53 49 54 43 41 32 33 31 25 38 25 15 20 501
Rifles 5 104 279 533 577 465 226 275 259 188 104 62 136 118 47 69 3,447
Shotguns 4 47 136 151 167 129 135 80 63 46 38 27 44 34 17 28 1,146
Pistols/revolvers (handguns) 2 162 273 522 520 588 416 340 209 126 127 89 139 111 86 70 3,780
Others 1 5 282 24 5 101 27 7 1 52 29 35 10 579
Totals 14 324 717 1,264 1,595 1,260 825 837 590 400 301 203 409 317 200 197 9,453
Legally held weapons stolen in Northern Ireland
Royal Ulster Constabulary/Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve/Special Constabulary 1 1 1 49 19 29 33 22 12 14 9 1 11 9 12 8 231
Ulster Defence Regiment 1 1 2 210 49 8 242 23 12 4 10 3 7 5 1 578
Army 7 1 15 33 16 13 7 7 6 4 4 2 1 14 1 131
Private 56 71 75 394 395 201 251 247 88 52 57 45 100 85 89 112 2,318
Totals 65 74 93 686 479 251 533 299 118 74 80 51 119 113 101 122 3,258
Breakdown of weapons stolen
Bullet firing 36 32 61 472 312 121 342 101 45 35 33 12 29 47 21 24 1,723
Shotguns 24 29 28 175 135 114 172 169 54 33 41 32 69 55 57 75 1,262
Air weapons/miscellaneous* 5 13 4 39 32 16 19 29 19 6 6 7 21 11 23 23 273
Totals 65 74 93 686 479 251 533 299 118 74 80 51 119 113 101 122 3,258
*Miscellaneous includes blank-firing weapons, muzzle loading weapons and antique weapons.

major facilities and specialist pieces of equipment for which grant aid was paid to the Lear Fan Company at the Newtownabbey factory.

Dr. Boyson

Under the various agreements, Lear Fan Ltd. claimed, and the Government provided, about £3.6 million of grant assistance towards the purchase of equipment and modifications to facilities at Newtownabbey.

The Lear Fan factories at Newtownabbey are owned by the Government. The various specialist pieces of equipment which were grant-aided form part of the company's assets over which the Government has a charge. The value of these assets will be assessed in due course by the receiver.

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