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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(14 January 2025)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the (a) number of days and (b) proportion of expected lifespans that naval vessels spend in maintenance.

Asked by:
Helen Maguire (Liberal Democrat)

Answer

All Royal Navy ships rotate through planned operating cycles involving maintenance, upgrades, repair, training and deployment. This results in individual ships being at various levels of readiness at any one time in accordance with the Long-Term Operational Programme (LTOP) and operational needs.


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