HC Deb 09 May 1980 vol 984 cc260-1W
Mr. Harold Walker

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many television advertisements were shown during the most recent 12-month period for which figures are available for recruitment and information for the Armed Forces; and what was the total cost.

Mr. Pattie

For the 12 months ended 31 March 1980 20 Armed Forces television advertisements were shown a total of 2,068 times on commercial television stations. The air time costs amounted to £1,995,000.

Mr. Harold Walker

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what are the numbers of personnel engaged on recruitment and information duties in his Department and in the Armed Forces; and what is the cost of providing these services.

Mr. Pattie

Some 3,000 Service and civilian personnel are engaged in recruiting and associated activities. The total includes for example headquarters staff, schools liaison teams and careers information office staff. The cost of these staff in 1979–80 was £23 million.

Mr. Harold Walker

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many recruiting offices and information offices there are in Great Britain for each of the Armed Forces; and which towns and cities have more than one office.

Mr. Pattie

There are currently 241 careers information offices in the United Kingdom of which 10 are tri-Service, 47 bi-Service (seven RN/Army; 18 RN/RAF; 22 Army/RAF) and 184 single-Service (27 RN; 136 Army and 21 RAF). The following towns and cities presently have more than one office:

  1. Aberdeen
  2. Belfast
  3. Birmingham
  4. Blackheath
  5. Brighton
  6. Cambridge
  7. Canterbury
  8. Cardiff
  9. Carlisle
  10. Chatham
  11. Chelmsford
  12. Coventry
  13. Derby
  14. Doncaster
  15. Dundee
  16. Edinburgh
  17. Guildford
  18. Hamilton
  19. Hull
  20. Ipswich
  21. Leeds
  22. Lincoln
  23. Liverpool
  24. London (Central)
  25. Manchester
  26. Newcastle
  27. Northampton
  28. Norwich
  29. Oldham
  30. Peterborough
  31. Plymouth
  32. Portsmouth
  33. Preston
  34. Reading
  35. St. Helens
  36. Sheffield
  37. Shrewsbury
  38. Southend

Number Cost(£)
Executive director, middle band … … … … … 1 18,078
Assistant secretary … … … … … 1 17,981
Chief information officer (B) … … … … … 4 63,812
Principal information officer … … … … … 7 85,192
Senior information officer … … … … … 42 408,758
Information officer … … … … … 66 530,541
Assistant information officer … … … … … 1 5,532
Total … … … … … 122 1,129,894