Ministry of Justice: Veterans

(asked on 31st January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many armed forces veterans have been employed by the civil service in his Department in each year since 2010.


Answered by
James Cartlidge Portrait
James Cartlidge
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 8th February 2022

The Ministry of Justice has employed 4655 Armed Forces veterans since 2017, the point at which data on their recruitment is first available. The annual breakdown of recruits since 2010 is:

Year

Number of Armed Forces veterans by year the offer was accepted

2010

Not available

2011

Not available

2012

Not available

2013

Not available

2014

Not available

2015

Not available

2016

Not available

2017

810

2018

1286

2019

857

2020

727

2021

975

Information prior to 2017 is unavailable for reporting purposes due to a change in applicant tracking system in late 2016 where previous recruitment data was not retained.

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