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1681227

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on external recruitment agencies in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	9075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>Although examples will exist for specific roles, the Department does not, in general, make use of external recruitment consultants to fill fulltime roles and the information requested is not centrally held.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 16/01/2024 17:13:07 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1681287

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with which three external recruitment agencies his Department spent the highest amount in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	9076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department's Annual Reports and Accounts gives overall spend on consultancy as £149.105 million for 2022-23. There is no further breakdown to show spend on external recruitment consultancy and none could be obtained without entailing excess cost although, in general, Defence does not make use of external recruitment agencies to fill full time roles. However, the Army has a contract with Capita to deliver recruitment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 01/02/2024 13:26:23 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1681288

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Capita: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was for Capita to process application forms for the British Army in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	9077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>The cost associated with processing applications is not tracked within the Capita contract therefore, this information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 16/01/2024 17:13:24 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1681289

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force and Navy: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was for his Department to process application forms for the (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Air Force in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	9078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 8 January 2024 to Question 7265 to the right hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne (John Healey).</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 9079 question first answered 16/01/2024 17:22:23 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison attachment 1 file name UIN 7265.docx title Armed Forces: Recruitment
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1681290

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2022 to Question 13042 on Armed Forces, Recruitment, how much his Department spent on the recruitment systems for the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy in the financial year 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	9079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 8 January 2024 to Question 7265 to the right hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne (John Healey).</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 9078 question first answered 16/01/2024 17:22:23 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison attachment 1 file name UIN 7265.docx title Armed Forces: Recruitment
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1681291

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Reserve Forces: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of time was to process applications from people wanting to join the (a) regular and (b) reserve forces in each of the last five recruiting years.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	9080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>It is taking time to collate the required information to answer the hon. Member’s Question. I will write to him when the information is available, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 18/01/2024 15:42:42 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1681292

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the Royal Navy’s ability to recruit sufficient numbers of personnel to meet its obligations.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	9081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>The Royal Navy (RN) continues to meet its operational commitments, but tackling the recruitment challenge is a top priority.</p><p>The RN has recently streamlined its recruiting and selection process with the aim of reducing the time candidates spend in the recruitment process and to enhance their lived experience.</p><p>Specific initiatives include an improved medical assessment procedure, increased capacity to surge inflow to the Service, an augmented recruitment workforce to increase outreach, and more face to face recruiting to replace the virtual model used during Covid. The RN has also rolled out a new and improved recruitment website and increased its expenditure on marketing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 18/01/2024 16:02:23 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1681293

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Marines and Navy: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on one-off incentive payments to join the (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Marines in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	9082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>During the period from January to December 2023, approximately £3.5 million was paid in one-off incentive payments to 543 individuals joining the Royal Navy and Royal Marines.</p><p>Splitting the incentive payments between the two Services would only be possible at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 18/01/2024 16:02:01 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1681294

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) recruitment targets and (b) number of people recruited to the Royal Navy were in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	9083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>Figures are as follows for recruitment targets and regular intake to the Royal Navy in each year since 2010:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>12 months to:</p></td><td><p>31-March-2011</p></td><td><p>31-March-2012</p></td><td><p>31-March-2013</p></td><td><p>31-March-2014</p></td><td><p>31-March-2015</p></td><td><p>31-March-2016</p></td><td><p>31-March-2017</p></td><td><p>31-March-2018</p></td><td><p>31-March-2019</p></td><td><p>31-March-2020</p></td><td><p>31-March-2021</p></td><td><p>31-March-2022</p></td><td><p>31-March-2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Recruitment Target</p></td><td><p>1,332</p></td><td><p>1,472</p></td><td><p>1,692</p></td><td><p>2,274</p></td><td><p>2,377</p></td><td><p>2,576</p></td><td><p>2,779</p></td><td><p>2,843</p></td><td><p>3,043</p></td><td><p>3,009</p></td><td><p>3,176</p></td><td><p>2,963</p></td><td><p>2,738</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regular Intake Total</p></td><td><p>1,331</p></td><td><p>1,464</p></td><td><p>1,642</p></td><td><p>2,144</p></td><td><p>2,176</p></td><td><p>2,192</p></td><td><p>2,311</p></td><td><p>2,284</p></td><td><p>2,365</p></td><td><p>2,637</p></td><td><p>2,925</p></td><td><p>2,494</p></td><td><p>2,001</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 18/01/2024 15:46:03 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1681295

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force and Navy: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department are working on the in-house recruitment of (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Air Force applicants.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	9084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>There are currently 453 staff employed to deliver Royal Navy (RN) Recruitment, with an additional surge support of some 85 RN personnel to enable the transition to the New Recruiting Process.</p><p>There are currently 344 staff employed to deliver Royal Air Force (RAF) Recruitment.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 18/01/2024 16:02:43 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard