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Written question asked by Naomi Long (Alliance) on Wednesday, 9 April 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 28 April 2014. It was answered by Anna Soubry (Conservative) on Monday, 28 April 2014 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Armed Forces: Recruitment

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on (a) armed forces recruitment and (b) armed forces recruitment marketing in 2012-13.

Answer

The Ministry of Defence does not report the costs of recruitment marketing separately. The costs detailed in the following table show the total cost of regular recruiting by service and include manpower costs; marketing campaigns (specific advertising); marketing operations (provision of the recruiting process i.e. call centres and website maintenance), and contract costs (i.e. medical and fitness testing). It should be noted that despite the redundancy notice, the armed forces are required to constantly recruit every year to maintain the levels of young personnel entering the three services.

£ million
Financial year
 Royal Navy
 Army
 Royal Air Force
 Total
2012-13
 33.2
 122.8
 35.4
 191.4

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
196069; 579 c444W
Session
2013-14
Subjects
Armed forces Expenditure Recruitment
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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