Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff were employed on RAF recruitment in each year since 2010.
Royal Air Force (RAF) Recruiting and Selection, headquartered at RAF College Cranwell with Recruitment Offices located across the UK, employed the following RAF Regular and Reserve personnel and Ministry of Defence (MOD) Civil Servants as detailed in the tables below:
Year | RAF Regular and Reserve Personnel as at 1 January |
2024 | 289 |
2023 | 279 |
2022 | 362 |
2021 | 368 |
2020 | 352 |
2019 | 358 |
2018 | 358 |
2017 | 327 |
2016 | 322 |
2015 | 319 |
2014 | 279 |
2013 | 255 |
2012 | 252 |
2011 | 272 |
2010 | 328 |
Year | Civil Servants as at 31 December |
2023 | 55 |
2022 | 53 |
2021 | 64 |
2020 | 77 |
2019 | 77 |
2018 | 78 |
2017 | 76 |
2016 | 74 |
2015 | 68 |
2014 | 77 |
2013 | 84 |
2012 | 80 |
2011 | 99 |
2010 | 111 |
2009 | 112 |
Please note data for Civil Servants has been provided by Defence Business Services, data prior to 31 December 2017 may not accurately reflect the number of MOD Civil Servants working in RAF Recruiting & Selection due to an alternative method of allocating budget codes.