Navy: Recruitment
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on recruitment advertising by the (a) Royal Navy excluding the Royal Marines, (b) Army, (c) Royal Air Force and (d) Royal Marines in (i) 2022, (ii) 2023 and (iii) 2024.
Answered by Luke Pollard
We inherited a retention and recruitment crisis from the last administration, and we are determined to address it. Recruitment advertising is one part of our efforts to attract recruits to the UK Armed Forces.
The following information has been provided by the single Services, noting that figures for Financial Year 2024-25 are partially forecasted spend and are subject to change.
Financial Year | Royal Navy £million | Army £million | Royal Air Force £million | Royal Marines £million |
2022-23 | 14.800 | 11.981 | 12.720 | 3.763 |
2023-24 | 14.572 | 9.297 | 13.414 | 4.188 |
2024-25 | 14.320 | 17.216 | 15.744 | 4.304 |
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