HC Deb 07 July 1994 vol 246 c321W
Mr. Robathan

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on how many occasions since 1990 motor cars have been found to contain explosives, or had explosives placed underneath them, in Northern Ireland.

Sir John Wheeler

The available information is for all motor vehicles, including motor cars, and is as follows:

Number of incidents
Vehicle Bombs 116
Under car booby traps 97

Figures for "finds" recovered specifically from motor vehicles are not available.

Mr. Robathan

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on how many occasions bicycles containing illegal explosive devices have been used by terrorists in incidents in Northern Ireland since 1990.

Sir John Wheeler

Once, on 30 March 1990.

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