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:<\/p>
<\/p>
<\/p><\/td> | 2015 (£)<\/p><\/td> | 2016 (£)<\/p><\/td> | 2017 to September (£)<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||
Army<\/p><\/td> | 6,463,372<\/p><\/td> | 6,698,303<\/p><\/td> | 10,011,284<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||
Royal Navy & Royal Marines<\/p><\/td> | 13,190,328<\/p><\/td> | 11,409,885<\/p><\/td> | 11,621,005<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||
Royal Air Force<\/p><\/td> | 7,948,700<\/p><\/td> | 9,086,473<\/p><\/td> | 7,903,457<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||
TOTAL<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 27,602,400<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 27,194,661<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 29,535,746<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"}
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], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to remove the legal duty of care owed by his Department to Armed Forces personnel.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2017 to Question 5260, on the Navy, whether the personnel numbers targets have changed from SDSR 2015 for each Service; and what the personnel targets are for each Service by 2025.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which countries had maritime patrol aircraft based at RAF Lossiemouth during 2016; and how many maritime patrol aircraft each of those countries deployed to RAF Lossiemouth during that year.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) women and (b) men are employed in administrative roles in each service.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps his Department has taken to assess the adequacy of fire safety standards in (a) service accommodation and (b) substitute service accommodation.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the oral contribution by the Minister of State for the Armed Forces of 10 July 2017, Official Report, column 11, whether he plans for the Navy to grow by 400 more personnel than the current 29,430 regular personnel, or the 30,060 regular personnel serving at the time of that policy announcement in 2015.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of closures of his Department's sites on the local economy, employment and business of where those sites are based.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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