Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for how many days (a) HMS Daring, (b) HMS Dauntless, (c) HMS Diamond, (d) HMS Dragon, (e) HMS Defender and (f) HMS Duncan were deployed on operations in which theatre in the most recent year for which data is available.

HMS Dauntless, HMS Duncan and HMS Defender all deployed to the Gulf in 2015 for 133, 270 and 69 days respectively. HMS Dauntless and HMS Duncan completed their deployments as planned and HMS Defender's deployment to the region, which began in October 2015, is continuing.

Throughout the year all Type 45 ships would have undertaken activities such as sea trials, training, engagement, provisioning or been in a maintenance period.