Why Hood was repeatedly sent to the Mediterranean

Why was HMS Hood sent to the Mediterranean more often than to other regions?

It was a vital theater and the strategic springboard for British movement toward India and the Far East.

Important regional powers around the Mediterranean included France, Italy, and Turkey. The sea was also a central artery in Britain's communications with India and the Far East. Sending Hood there served an immediately demanding theatre while keeping the battlecruiser closer to any eastward reinforcement mission. Local balance-of-power requirements combined with the Mediterranean's wider role as an imperial strategic springboard.