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, 25 January 2018, how many service leavers from (a) the Royal Navy (b) the Army (c) the RAF selected for redundancy in (i) tranche 1 (ii) tranche 2 (iii) tranche 3 (iv) tranche 4 between September 2011 and June 2014, who used a billable CTP service and were classed as economically inactive six months after leaving their branch of the armed forces were not in (A) in education, training, volunteering, (B) travelling or abroad, (C) economically inactive due to medical reasons, (D) looking after family and (E) in retirement in each of the last three years.

An estimated 415 Service leavers selected for redundancy between September 2011 and June 2014 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;

• 58 were estimated to be Naval Service leavers
• 247 were estimated to be Army Service leavers
• 111 were estimated to be RAF Service leavers

Of these 415;

• 196 left during Tranche 1, of which 54 were estimated to be Naval Service leavers, 68 were estimated to be Army Service leavers, and 74 were estimated to be RAF Service leavers.
• 106 left during Tranche 2, of which three were estimated to be Naval Service leavers, 67 were estimated to be Army Service leavers, and 36 were estimated to be RAF Service leavers)
• 87 left during Tranche 3, all of which were estimated to be Army Service leavers.
• 26 left during Tranche 4, nearly all of which were estimated to be Army Service leavers (fewer than three were RAF Service leavers).

Of these 415, an estimated 309 were applicants for redundancy, broken down by Service as follows:

• 38 were estimated to be Naval Service leavers
• 200 were estimated to be Army Service leavers
• 70 were estimated to be RAF Service leavers

An estimated 106 were non-applicants broken down by Service as follows:

• 19 were estimated to be Naval Service leavers
• 46 were estimated to be Army Service leavers
• 41 were estimated to be RAF Service leavers

Estimated numbers have been calculated using sample data, with proportions applied to the overall redundancy population figure. Totals may not equal the sum of their parts. The Ministry of Defence only holds information on Service leavers who were economically inactive six months after leaving Service.