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The figures given for 2008 in all tables are for 1 January to 30 September 2008.

Time not accounted for under operations and maintenance in the tables includes periods of basic sea safety training, post refit trials, periods of extended leave and other duties (such as conducting synthetic training, ammunitioning, storing) undertaken while in port.

As I stated in my letter to the hon. Member on 5 November 2007, the figures provided are necessarily approximate because records held centrally do not always distinguish precisely between routine maintenance and other time spent alongside, since the two activities are often intermixed.

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many days each Type 42 destroyer in service spent at sea in each year since 2003; [227933]

(2) how many days each attack submarine in service has spent at sea in each year since 2003; [227934]

(3) how many days each Type (a) 22 and (b) 23 frigate in service spent at sea in each year since 2003. [227935]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The number of days at sea for Royal Navy Destroyers, Frigates and Attack Submarines since 2003 are as follows:

Attack Submarines
Vessel	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Sovereign	108	27	52	141	01	0
Spartan	103	98	181	01	0	0
Splendid	164	01	0	0	0	0
Superb	02	0	0	261	75	71
Sceptre	176	123	149	110	217	44
Trafalgar	0	95	148	128	51	156
Turbulent	143	157	135	141	96	0
Tireless	142	152	0	122	159	95
Torbay	212	23	117	209	0	115
Trenchant	104	115	146	0	185	119
Talent	02	0	0	56	189	140
Triumph	221	6	02	0	0	0
Notes: 1. HMS Sovereign, HMS Spartan And HMS Splendid were decommissioned submarines that were running over the period. 2. The figures for HMS Superb, HMS Talent and HMS Triumph reflect their major refit periods.

Destroyers
Vessel	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Edinburgh	157	149	67	111	121	134
Gloucester	129	131	111	141	37	75
Manchester	143	118	128	47	153	132
York	172	54	177	118	97	0
Exeter	61	163	0	96	71	19
Liverpool	188	110	154	126	63	131
Nottingham	0	85	138	126	109	60
Southampton	35	158	109	142	167	44

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Type 22 and 23 Frigates
Vessel	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Argyll	91	138	157	135	143	114
Lancaster	150	42	135	146	142	95
Iron Duke	176	140	97	163	22	139
Monmouth	117	162	114	101	170	44
Montrose	24	122	165	139	152	173
Westminster	70	40	135	148	92	150
St Albans	121	148	98	159	41	35
Northumberland	164	14	66	152	137	90
Richmond	167	157	11	46	206	103
Somerset	103	184	83	23	79	127
Sutherland	164	120	97	141	153	0
Kent	183	104	72	169	98	113
Portland	160	99	125	44	184	57
Cornwall	148	105	34	113	159	100
Cumberland	114	178	143	66	23	78
Campbeltown	128	168	137	63	159	114
Chatham	180	110	128	129	94	163

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