Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of recruitment per recruit to the armed forces.
The most recent single Service estimates for the cost of recruitment per successful recruit can be found in the table below. These figures represent the costs incurred from application to commencement of basic training
Service | Cost per recruit | Financial Year |
Royal Navy | £13,407 | 2018-19 |
Army | £12,228 | 2018-19 |
Royal Air Force | £14,642 | 2019-20 |