Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what incentives the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) RAF provides for serving personnel to refer non-service personnel to join the Armed Forces.

Army

The Army is offering £500 to any serving soldier or officer who encourages someone to join the Army as a Regular or Reserve soldier. This incentive is known as the ‘Recruit Bounty Scheme’ and has been in place since July 2023.

Royal Navy

To support the recruitment strategy, the Royal Navy has introduced a Bounty Scheme whereby a serving member of the Royal Navy, Royal Naval Reserves, Royal Marines or Royal Marines Reserves who encourages a civilian to join any of the different sections of the Royal Navy will receive a financial incentive payment of £500 when the new recruit begins their training.

Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force does not currently have a bounty scheme.