Navy: Recruitment
(asked on 29th January 2024) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Royal Navy spent on (a) recruitment campaigns and (b) other initiatives to help increase the diversity of its workforce in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
The Royal Navy (RN) has spent the following amounts on recruitment campaigns:
Financial Year | Campaign Spend |
2020-21 | £18,982,539 |
2021-22 | £16,719,697 |
2022-23 | £16,547,488 |
The RN operates a recruit and marketing strategy which is Consciously Diverse and Actively inclusive and provides opportunity for all regardless of background. Therefore, the RN does not run marketing campaigns which are aimed specifically at people from certain backgrounds.