Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when HMS Lancaster is planned to commence her refit; and what her duties are planned to be until that refit commences.
Harriett Baldwin, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Procurement: On current plans, the refit for HMS LANCASTER will commence in mid-2017. She is presently alongside in Portsmouth and is maintained with a minimal ship's company until her refit.
59197