§ Mr. SpellarTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has spent in each of the last three years on manpower recruitment; and how much of this was accounted for by media advertising.
§ Mr. Archie Hamilton[holding answer 8 March 1993]: The information in respect of centrally controlled expenditure is as follows:
Financial years 1990–91 £ million 1991–92 £ million 1992–93 £ million Recruitment n/a 84.88 72.86 Media advertising 12.01 10.51 7.04 Details of recruitment expenditure other than media advertising, prior to April 1991, are not held centrally, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Until 1 April 1991 recruitment of centrally funded civilian staff was carried out by the Civil Service Commission and details of expenditure for the Ministry of Defence are therefore unobtainable.