§ Mr. William Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what weight of explosive material, believed to be in the possession of a terrorist organisation, was seized by the security forces in Northern Ireland in each month since 1 January 1983 to the latest convenient date; and of that explosive material how much was of commercial origin and how much home made.
§ Mr. Scott[pursuant to his reply, 12 June 1985, c. 479 The information is as follows:
Weight of Explosives in kilograms recovered by the security forces in Northern Ireland Improvised Commercial Not Known 1983 January 342.67 10.50 — February 659.70 1.00 1.55 March 145.12 17.13 0.06 April 593.00 3.15 1.00 May 723.50 2.50 — June 548.15 3.00 — July 392.90 0.68 0.06 August 180.75 10.60 — September 937.04 0.17 — October 191.09 7.00 — November 21.05 2.60 — December 314.10 — — Total 5,049.07 58.33 2.67 1984 January 431.90 1.00 — February 455.80 5.14 — March 820.10 8.10 — April 500.21 — — May 2,545.80 5.75 — June 60.16 13.90 — July 202.70 7.56 — August 64.26 0.06 1.00 September 130.50 9.00 — October 423.50 17.00 — November 0.10 4.50 — December 935.02 1.56 — Total 6,570.05 73.57 1.00 1985 January 230.10 0.10 — February 41.00 0.24 0.60 March 15.00 5.50 15.00 April 1,094.00 4.25 — May 633.23 6.43 — Total 2,013.33 16.52 15.60