Royal Fleet Auxiliary
(asked on 16th January 2024) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on recruitment for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in each year since 2010.
The following table provides details of the marketing costs and staffing costs which are directly attributable to Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) recruitment.
Financial Year | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 |
Recruitment Campaign Cost (ex VAT) (£million) | 0.103 | 0.115 | 0 | 0 | 0.175 | 0.175 |
Estimated Cost of Direct Headcount in Support of RFA Recruitment (£million) | 0.327 | 0.328 | 0.346 | 0.351 | 0.357 | 0.438 |
Total | 0.430 | 0.443 | 0.346 | 0.351 | 0.532 | 0.613 |
Six Year Total (£million) | 2.716 |
Complete information is not held for the duration requested. We have therefore only been able to provide financial input for 6 financial years.
These costs do not include:
- An apportionment of Recruit & Attract HQ staffing costs.
- An apportionment of Recruiting office workforce in processing of applicants, which has varied over this time period as the recruiting process has evolved.
For FY 2020-21 & 2021-22 there were no RFA-specific Marketing Campaigns.