Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's Career Transition Partnership Annual statistics: UK Regular Service Personnel Employment 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2017 published on 25 January 2018, how many Service leavers from (a) the Royal Navy (b) the Army (c) the RAF classed as economically inactive six months after leaving their branch of the armed forces were not in (i) in Education, training, volunteering (ii) Travelling or abroad (iii) economically inactive due to medical reasons (iv) looking after family (v) in retirement; in each of the last five years.

An estimated 264 Service leavers during Financial Year (FY) 2015-16 used a billable Career Transition Partnership (CTP) service and self-reported as being economically inactive for ‘other’ reasons (i.e. not in education, training or volunteering, travelling or abroad, reporting medical reasons, looking after family or retired) six months after leaving Service. Of these;

• 34 were estimated to be Naval Service leavers
• 156 were estimated to be Army Service leavers
• 74 were estimated to be RAF Service leavers

An estimated 233 Service leavers during FY 2016-17 used a billable CTP service and self-reported as being economically inactive for ‘other’ reasons (i.e. not in education, training or volunteering, travelling or abroad, reporting medical reasons, looking after family or retired) six months after leaving Service. Of these;

• 47 were estimated to be Naval Service leavers
• 136 were estimated to be Army Service leavers
• 50 were estimated to be RAF Service leavers

Data held on reasons for economic inactivity were not processed and compiled prior to FY 2015-16.