§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport by whom the line-throwing breeches buoy equipment withdrawn from Her Majesty's coastguard on 31 March 1988 has been purchased; if he will give details of the402W number of sets of this equipment sold and the moneys received in payment; and how the funds realised from the sale of this equipment will be invested.
§ Mr. PortilloAll line-throwing rockets and launching devices, which formed an integral part of breeches buoy equipment, were over age or obsolete and destroyed. Some ancillary equipment plus a variety of miscellaneous items, were purchased by the Department of Marine of the Republic of Ireland at a total cost of £6,940. The remainder will be disposed of as Government surplus. All receipts count towards departmental appropriations-in-aid, and are not available for direct use by Her Majesty's coastguard.