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<p>Information regarding Army bomb disposal callouts between 2012-2018 can be found
in the tables below. Following a review of data held by the Army, this also updates
figures previously supplied in response to Questions 179144 and 179145:</p><p> </p><p><strong>1
July 2012 – 30 June 2014</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>LOCATION</p></td><td><p><strong>TASKS*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>IED
DECLARATION</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>HOAX DECLRATION</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GB</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NI**</p></td><td><p>273</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>178</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK
total</p></td><td><p>386</p></td><td><p>237</p></td><td><p>230</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><strong>1 July 2014 – 30 June 2016</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>LOCATION</p></td><td><p><strong>TASKS*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>IED
DECLARATION</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>HOAX DECLRATION</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GB</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NI**</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK
total</p></td><td><p>264</p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>123</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><strong>1 July 2016 – 30 June 2018</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>LOCATION</p></td><td><p><strong>TASKS*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>IED
DECLARATION</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>HOAX DECLRATION</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GB</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>589***</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NI**</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK
total</p></td><td><p>214</p></td><td><p>627</p></td><td><p>93</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>* ‘Tasks’ refers to IED callouts (any task that may subsequently be classified
by declaration as a Find, False, Hoax, IED, Explosion or Search Assist). This does
not include callouts for incidents involving other items such as Conventional Munitions
Disposal.</p><p>** All incidents requiring explosive ordnance disposal experts in
Northern Ireland are dealt with solely by military personnel.</p><p>*** The high number
of IED declarations between 1 July 2016 – 30 June 2018 is due to a task that yielded
over 300 arrowhead type IEDs.</p><p> </p>
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