Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) payments additional to their wages and (b) deployment allowances have been made to the crew of submarines providing the continual at sea deterrent in the last five years.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
The table below provides information requested and shows the total volume of all payments made covering additional Recruitment and Retention payments made above basic salary, Local Overseas Allowance and Longer Separation Allowance payable on deployment. This count has not been broken out as the data could compromise operational security.
Financial Year | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | Grand Total |
Count of payments additional to wages | 16,285 | 17,509 | 14,021 | 17,932 | 19,503 | 82,250 |
It would be prejudicial to the effectiveness, capability and security of His Majesty's Armed Forces to provide any further detail.
Asked by: Stephanie Peacock (Labour - Barnsley East)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of his Department’s (a) advertising and (b) marketing expenditure was on (i) local newspapers in print and online, (ii) national newspapers in print and online, (iii) social media, (iv) search engines, (v) broadcast and on-demand television and (vi) other channels in the most recent year for which data is available.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
A full departmental response could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Full advertising and marketing costs for the department are not held centrally. The majority of advertising and marketing expenditure is accounted for by advertising for the Royal Navy, Army, RAF and Ministry of Defence Police to aid recruitment and was provided recently via the PQ answer below.
https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-02-29/16378
Expenditure for specific categories i to vi is not held centrally and could also not be extracted without incurring cost.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Armed Forces Recruiting Offices allow for walk-ins by potential new recruits.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
Armed Forces Career Offices do allow for walk-ins by potential new recruits during office hours. Alternatively, people interested in a career in the Armed Forces can access online recruitment portals at any time.
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will update the letter deposited in the Library of the House on 27 December 2023, reference DEP2024-0002, with the latest figures available.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
Data provided in response to Questions is not updated when new data becomes available.
If the data was later found to be incorrect, then a correction would be issued. However this is not the case with the Question referred to by the hon. Member.
Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2024 to Question 16606 on Ministry of Defence: Christmas, what the cost of the event was.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
The total cost of the event was £279.52.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army and (c) RAF personnel worked on military recruitment in each year since 2010.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
Information in response to the right hon. Member's Question is as follows:
Royal Navy
As of January 2024, there were 453 personnel employed to deliver recruitment with an additional surge support of some 85 personnel to enable transition to the New Recruiting Process. Historic information is not available.
Army
Financial Year | Personnel |
2010/12 | 526 |
2012/13 | 1050 |
2013/14 | 742 |
2014/15 | 742 |
2015/16 | 742 |
2016/17 | 736 |
2017/18 | 736 |
2018/19 | 424 |
2019/20 | 427 |
2020/21 | 427 |
2021/22 | 427 |
2022/23 | 427 |
2023/24 | 427 |
For information about additional Capita staff, not included in these figures, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 15 January 2024 to Question 7766 to the hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne, which is available at: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-01-05/7766.
Royal Air Force
Calendar Year | Personnel |
2010 | 439 |
2011 | 371 |
2012 | 332 |
2013 | 339 |
2014 | 356 |
2015 | 387 |
2016 | 396 |
2017 | 403 |
2018 | 436 |
2019 | 435 |
2020 | 429 |
2021 | 432 |
2022 | 415 |
2023 | 334 |
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many appeals against medical assessments of potential full time UK Armed Forces recruits were (a) submitted, (b) successful and (c) unsuccessful in each year since 2010.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military personnel were waiting for medical treatment on 15 April in each of the last five years.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military personnel are waiting for medical treatment.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service family accommodation properties there are in Southampton.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The number of Service Family Accommodation (SFA) properties there are in Aldershot, Plymouth, Southampton, Salisbury and Devon are shown in the table below, the number for Plymouth is also included in the figures for Devon:
| Aldershot | Plymouth | Southampton | Salisbury | Devon |
Total SFA | 3,253 | 973 | 220 | 1,879 | 1,571 |