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.
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 |