Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the average cost to the British Army of employing an infantry soldier; and what estimate he has made of that cost in each year 2016-17 to 2020-21.
Average cost (Basic Pay/ Employer National Insurance/ Pension) of an Infantry soldier in the Other Ranks of the British Army:
| Financial Year Ending | ||||
31 Mar 2017 | 31 Mar 2018 | 31 Mar 2019 | 31 Mar 2020 | 31 Mar 2021 | |
Infantry (Other Ranks) | £41,673.70 | £41,800.57 | £42,698.39 | £46,232.94 | £47,352.40 |
Source: Defence Statistics (Cost-Modelling)
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