Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many illegal incursions there have been into Gibraltarian waters from Spain by (a) official Spanish vessels and (b) civilian and other vessels in 2015 to date.

Between 1 January and 8 July, there were 234 unlawful incursions into British Gibraltar Territorial Waters (BGTW) by Spanish State vessels. Unlawful incursions are violations of international law by foreign State vessels. The Government does not record the numbers of non-State vessels entering BGTW. They would not, in any event, constitute unlawful incursions.