Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) British personnel and (b) Royal Navy ships have been stationed in the Falkland Islands in each year since 2010.

There are currently ~1,000 British Service personnel serving in the Falkland Islands. This has been broadly consistent since 2010.

In each year since 2010 the Royal Navy has had one vessel permanently stationed in the Falkland Islands as the Falkland Islands Patrol Vessel. These vessels are listed below, including years when two vessels shared the task as one had a maintenance period away from the islands:

2010: 1 (HMS CLYDE)

2011: 1 (HMS CLYDE)

2012: 1 (HMS CLYDE)

2013: 1 (HMS CLYDE)

2014: 1 (HMS CLYDE)

2015: 1 (HMS CLYDE)

2016: 2 (HMS CLYDE / HMS ENTERPRISE)

2017: 2 (HMS ENTERPRISE / HMS CLYDE)

2018: 1 (HMS CLYDE)

2019: 2 (HMS CLYDE / HMS SCOTT)

2020: 2 (HMS SCOTT / HMS FORTH)

2021: 1 (HMS FORTH)

2022: 1 (HMS FORTH)