Armed Forces: Recruitment
(asked on 17th November 2014) - 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 (a) the Army, (b) the Royal Navy, (c) the Royal Air Force and (d) in total in the last 12 months.
The table below shows how much each of the three Services has spent on television recruitment campaigns for the current and last two financial years.
Financial Year/Service | 2012-13 £ million | 2013-14 £ million | 2014-15 £ million |
Royal Navy | 2.80 | 4.45 | 6.79* |
Army | 2.99** | 1.28 | 1.75 (to 31 August 2014) |
Royal Air Force | 2.25 | 2.67 | 3.37 |
* Forecast
** From 1 October 2012 to 31 March 2013
The Department has not incurred any costs in respect of television recruitment for civilian staff.