Recruitment
(asked on 10th July 2014) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on recruitment advertising (a) on television and (b) on printed materials in 2013-14.
It is a key requirement for the Armed Forces to maintain a satisfactory balance of skills, experience, ability and seniority in rank to enable delivery of operational requirements. Despite the reduction in overall numbers of Service personnel, the requirement for the Armed Forces to recruit and train personnel to replace those who leave the services remains.
Details of money spent by the Ministry of Defence in financial year (FY) 2013-14 on recruitment advertising for television and on printed materials are included in the table below. This information is broken down by Service and civilian staff.
Cost of recruitment advertising on television FY 2013-14 (including production costs).
|
Cost of recruitment advertising on printed materials FY 2013-14 (including careers publications) | |
Army | £1,289,367 |
£1,067,547
|
Royal Air Force | £2,260,086 |
£83,077
|
Royal Navy | £4,447,000 |
£400,800
|
Civilians staff | n/a |
£610,891*
|
* This figure includes the cost of recruitment advertising where the MOD has paid for a media package to advertise in a newspaper and on the publications website.