To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what (a) weapons and (b) rounds of ammunition for which (i) his Department has and (ii) the armed forces have responsibility have gone missing in the last 12 months; and what the cost was of the loss of such weapons and ammunition. (277523)

During the last 12 months the following losses were reported, all of which relate to the armed forces:

The approximate total value of these weapons was £22,000. No reliable figures are available with regard to ammunition losses.