§ Mr. MaginnisTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the answer of 10 December 1997,Official Report, columns 554–58, concerning weapons stolen from the Army during the past 10 years, 716W how many of the recovered weapons were known to be in the possession of (a) Loyalists, (b) Republicans and (c) others. [22801]
§ Dr. ReidI have been asked to reply.
The information requested is set out below for all British Army weapons lost, stolen or otherwise unaccounted for in Northern Ireland in each of the past ten years.
Number of weapons recovered from: Year Total recovered Loyalists Republicans 1Others 1988 4 — 3 1 1989 7 4 1 2 1990 3 1 — 2 1991 4 — 2 2 1992 3 1 22 — 1993 — — — — 1994 3 — 1 2 1995 2 — — 2 1996 2 — — 2 1997 1 — — 1 1Others—Non-terrorist/criminal/not known. 2 I regret that the answer I gave the hon. Member on 10 December incorrectly placed one weapon in the "Not Known" category which should have been shown under Republican.