Armed Forces: Recruitment

(asked on 15th April 2024) - View Source

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 Portrait
Andrew Murrison
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 23rd April 2024

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

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