To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 23 January 2007, Official Report, column 1636W, on warships; what warships were based at each location in (i) 2004, (ii) 2005 and (iii) 2006; and which are based at each in 2007.

holding answer 26 February 2007

The warships currently based at Devonport, Portsmouth and Faslane are as follows:

2007:

(a) Devonport

Albion

Argyll

Bulwark

Campbeltown

Chatham

Cornwall

Cumberland

Echo

Gleaner

Monmouth

Montrose

Northumberland

Ocean

Portland

Roebuck

Scott

Somerset

Sutherland

Total—18

(b) Portsmouth

Ark Royal

Atherstone

Blazer

Brocklesby

Cattistock

Clyde

Dasher

Dumbarton Castle

Edinburgh

Endurance

Exeter

Gloucester

Hurworth

Illustrious

Iron Duke

Kent

Lancaster

Ledbury

Liverpool

Manchester

Mersey

Middleton

Nottingham

Puncher

Quorn

Richmond

Severn

Southampton

St. Albans

Tracker

Tyne

Westminster

York

Total—33

(c) Faslane

Bangor

Blyth

Grimsby

Pembroke

Penzance

Ramsey

Shoreham

Walney

Total—8

Detailed information about the base port history of each Royal Navy warship is not held centrally. The figures provided in response to the hon. Gentleman's question of 23 January 2007, Hansard, column 1636W, were the best estimates available at the time. Further work has refined the current position, and is reflected in the information provided. Detailed information for 2004, 2005 and 2006 is, however, not available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.