Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) end of service year for each Type 23 frigate and (b) in service year for each Type 26 frigate due to replace those frigates is.

On current plans, the last Type 23 frigate will transition out of service in 2035 and eight Type 26 and five Type 31 Frigates are expected to begin being brought into service in the early 2030s.

To avoid compromising operational security, the Ministry of Defence does not routinely disclose individual out of service dates or specific in-service dates for warships to avoid revealing elements of the Fleet's long-term schedule. However, the Royal Navy continues to ensure that it has sufficient assets available to deliver operational outputs.