Ministry of Defence written question – answered at on 11 October 2017.
Nia Griffith
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much each branch of the armed forces spent on advertising and marketing for recruitment purposes in each year from 2010 to date.
Mark Lancaster
The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence
The information requested for 1 January 2015 to 30 September 2017 is shown below. Comparable data prior to that date is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost:
2015 (£) | 2016 (£) | 2017 to September (£) | |
Army | 6,463,372 | 6,698,303 | 10,011,284 |
Royal Navy & Royal Marines | 13,190,328 | 11,409,885 | 11,621,005 |
Royal Air Force | 7,948,700 | 9,086,473 | 7,903,457 |
TOTAL | 27,602,400 | 27,194,661 | 29,535,746 |
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