Ronnie Cowan – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ronnie Cowan on 2016-02-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimates his Department has made of the amount of unexploded ordinance in the River Clyde.

Mark Lancaster

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has made no estimate of the amount of unexploded ordinance (UXO) in the River Clyde.

The Royal Navy routinely survey important shipping routes in the Clyde and make safe any ordnance discovered. In addition they occasionally make safe ordnance discovered in the Clyde by other non-defence means. All UXO identified in the Clyde is removed and/or made safe.

MOD information on sea dumped munitions in the British Isles has been placed in the public domain; it can be accessed at the following internet address:

http://tna.europarchive.org/20091204111626/http:/mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/CorporatePublications/HealthandSafetyPublications/DSEA/DisposalOfMunitionsAtSea.htm

The records show no historic dump sites in the River Clyde.