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Navy

Volume 492: debated on Thursday 14 May 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many hours sea time on average is made available to members of (a) university Royal Naval units and (b) the Royal Naval Reserve annually; (274334)

(2) if he will make it his policy to make sea time on patrol craft attached to university Royal Naval units available to members of the Royal Navy Reserve.

Approximately 33,600 hours of sea time is made available to University Royal Navy Units annually.

The figures regarding the number of hours sea time for Royal Navy Reserves are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, the Royal Navy Reserves are provided with the necessary opportunities at sea to achieve and maintain their operational effectiveness and this remains an essential part of their training.

The Royal Navy Reserves can request to use University Royal Navy Unit patrol craft for training purposes, which are made available where it is possible to do so without detriment to mandated University Royal Navy Unit roles.