Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times Royal Navy (a) Type 23 frigates and (b) Type 45 destroyers have made port calls in Scotland in each year since 2013.
From available records the number of Royal Navy Type 23 Frigates and Type 45 Destroyers that made port calls in Scotland in each calendar year since 2013 is as follows:
| Type 23 | Type 45 |
2013 | 9 | 3 |
2014 | 2 | 2 |
2015 | 6 | 4 |
2016 | 9 | 2 |
2017 | 12 | 3 |
2018 (to 19 June) | 6 | 1 |
This data represents the number of port calls made in Scotland, not the number of nights or days in ports in Scotland.