Defence written question – answered at on 13 May 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what funding his Department budgeted for overseas travel expenses for Army recruitment teams in each of the last 10 years.
Army recruiting teams (formerly known as regimental recruiting teams) operate in the United Kingdom and do not incur any costs for overseas travel.
However, the Army's overseas pre-selection teams, which travel to countries that have a high number of people who have applied to join the Army, have incurred the following costs for flights, transport and accommodation charges for staff:
Financial year | Cost (£) |
2005-06 | 42,507 |
2006-07 | 78,639 |
2007-08 | 197,589 |
2008-09 | 140,566 |
Costs prior to 2005-06 are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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