Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many days HMS Protector was at sea in each of the last five years, broken down by calendar years.

The information requested is provided below:

The normal operating cycle of every ship involves them entering different readiness levels depending on their programmes, periods of refit and Departmental planning requirements. In addition, these figures represent days at sea, and it should be noted that, while deployed away from the UK, ships will spend both days at sea and alongside in ports around the world.