To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what budget was provided to each of the armed forces for recruitment purposes in each year since 1992. (147491)

[holding answer 5 July 2007]: Information for all years since 1992 is not held centrally in the format requested. Nevertheless, the known recruitment budgets for the Army and RAF for all years since 1998-99 are as follows:

In 2003, the RAF’s recruitment budget was merged with that for Initial Officer Training and cannot be separated out.

I will write to the hon. Member with the information for the Naval Service annual recruiting budget and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.