Air Force: Recruitment

(asked on 7th December 2015) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on television recruitment campaigns for the (a) Royal Air Force and (b) Royal Air Force Reserve in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13, (iv) 2013-14 and (v) 2014-15.


Answered by
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Penny Mordaunt
This question was answered on 10th December 2015

The table below details how much each of the three Services spent on television recruitment campaigns for both Regular and Reserve Armed Forces personnel in each of the last five financial years.


Financial Year/Service

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

£ millions


Royal Navy

1.80

1.50

2.80

4.45

7.46

Army

Not held

Not held

2.99*

1.28

1.42**

Royal Air Force

-

3.1

2.25

2.67

3.92

*From 1 October 2012 to 31 March 2013

**Figure for Financial Year 2014-15 is less than previously reported. This is because the previous figure included production and other costs.

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