Ammunition: Lost Property and Theft
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many 155mm artillery shells have been (a) lost or (b) stolen from his Department’s facilities since 5 July 2024.
Answered by Luke Pollard
The security of Ordnance, Munitions and Explosives (OME) is taken very seriously within the Ministry of Defence, and we have robust procedures in place to deter, detect and prevent loss and theft. All losses and thefts of OME are fully and rigorously investigated.
A search has been undertaken against the Defence Incident Management Database (DIMDb) which is the single repository for all security incident data for Defence. No incidents have been raised for the loss or theft of either 30mm canon rounds or 155mm artillery shells within the timeframe requested.
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