Navy and Merchant Shipping: Recruitment
(asked on 22nd September 2021) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spends on average per annum on recruitment to the (a) Merchant Navy and (b) Royal Navy, by region of the UK.
This question was answered on 18th October 2021
The annual spend on Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Fleet Auxiliary recruitment incurred by the RN is as follows:
- Financial Year 20-21 - £62,467,335
- Financial Year 19-20 - £60,740,041
- Financial Year 18-19 - £53,073,272
- Three Year Average - £58,760,216
The spend cannot be broken down to UK regional level.
The Merchant Navy is not a Ministry of Defence organisation. Individual Merchant Navy organisations are responsible for their own recruiting costs.