To ask Her Majesty's Government when they estimate that the process of dumping munitions in Beaufort’s Dyke stopped.
Answered on
29 September 2020
I refer the noble Lady to the reply given by my hon. Friend, the Minister for Defence Procurement (Jeremy Quin), in the House of Commons on 2 July 2020 to the hon. Member for Ayr, Carrock and Cumnock (Allan Dorans) in response to Question number 65104.
The last known at-sea disposal at Beaufort's Dyke was the emergency dumping of two cases of corroded 40mm ammunition in 1976.
Historical information on the sea disposals at Beaufort's Dyke and other locations is available through The National Archives at:
The Ministry of Defence holds no additional information relating to the munitions dumped in Beaufort's Dyke.