§ Mr. Kilfedderasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give the number of firearms recovered from the Irish Republican Army in each year since 1969, indicating the country of manufacture and type of weapon.
§ Mr. AlisonThe table below shows the total number of weapons recovered or captured in each of the years in question. The records do not make it possible to identify to whom the weapons belonged; and it would not be in the interests of security to disclose the country of manufacture and type of weapon.
Year Number of weapons found/seized 1969 14 1970 324 1971 717 1972 1,264 1973 1,595 1974 1,260 1975 825 1976 837 1977 590 1978 400 1979 301 1980 (to 17 April) 67