Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many early service leavers received the basic settlement package in each year since 2010.

We do not recognise the term basic settlement package, but have interpreted this as meaning the Early Service Leaver provision prior to October 2013. Data is not held as there was no requirement to collate this information prior to October 2013. However all Early Service Leavers prior to October 2013 were entitled to unit level support as part of standard Ministry of Defence policy.