Armed Forces: Redundancy

(asked on 30th January 2018) - View Source

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 the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army and (c) RAF who (i) chose to be selected for redundancy and (ii) did not choose to be selected for redundancy between September 2011 and June 2014, and used a billable Career Transition Partnership service were classified as unemployed in each of the last three years.


Answered by
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Tobias Ellwood
This question was answered on 7th February 2018

Between September 2011 and June 2014, the Ministry of Defence ran a redundancy programme resulting in 12,134 Service personnel being selected for redundancy, of which 10,851 used a billable Career Transition Partnership (CTP) Service.

An estimated 746 applicants selected for redundancy between September 2011 and June 2014 used a billable CTP service and self-reported as being unemployed six months after leaving Service. Of these;

  • 28 were estimated to be Naval Service leavers
  • 657 were estimated to be Army Service leavers
  • 61 were estimated to be RAF Service leavers

An estimated 353 non-applicants selected for redundancy between September 2011 and June 2014 used a billable CTP service and self-reported as being unemployed six months after leaving Service. Of these;

  • 47 were estimated to be Naval Service leavers
  • 262 were estimated to be Army Service leavers
  • 43 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.

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