Gibraltar: Spain

(asked on 13th September 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions his Department has recorded the presence of a Spanish naval vessel in Gibraltarian territorial waters in each of the past six months.


Answered by
James Heappey Portrait
James Heappey
This question was answered on 20th September 2023

The Ministry of Defence has recorded the presence of 11 Spanish naval vessels in Gibraltarian territorial waters in the last six months. This is broken down by month as follows:

Month

Innocent Passage

Surface Incursion

Total

Apr

1

1

2

May

2

0

2

Jun

1

1

2

Jul

0

2

2

Aug

0

2

2

Sep

0

1

1

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