Written question asked by John Healey (Labour) on Tuesday, 2 May 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 9 May 2023. It was answered by James Heappey (Conservative) on Tuesday, 30 May 2023 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Destroyers and Frigates: Deployment

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 June 2022 to Question 13040 on Destroyers and Frigates: Deployment, how many days each Royal Navy (a) frigate and (b) destroyer spent at sea in 2022.

Answer

The information requested is given in the following tables.

Type 45 Destroyers

NAME OF SHIP	NUMBER OF DAYS
DARING	0
DAUNTLESS	63
DIAMOND	114
DRAGON	18
DEFENDER	106
DUNCAN	62

Type 23 Frigates

NAME OF SHIP	NUMBER OF DAYS
ARGYLL	21
IRON DUKE	0
KENT	127
LANCASTER	165
MONTROSE	212
NORTHUMBERLAND	191
PORTLAND	152
RICHMOND	145
SOMERSET	52
ST ALBANS	0
SUTHERLAND	0
WESTMINSTER	90

The normal operating cycle of every ship involves them entering different readiness levels depending on their programmes, periods of refit and Departmental planning requirements. In addition, these figures represent days at sea, and it should be noted that, while deployed away from the UK, ships will spend both days at sea and alongside in ports around the world.

Some of the above figures may differ from those provided in previous Parliamentary Questions or Freedom of Information responses, as greater accuracy has been achieved by an update to fleet scheduling software in 2022.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 183322
Session: 2022-23
Related items: Destroyers and Frigates: Deployment
Tuesday, 14 June 2022
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Deployment Destroyers Frigates
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Destroyers and Frigates: Deployment

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