Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have found (a) full-time, (b) part-time and (c) casual employment within six months of leaving service with the help of the Career Transition Partnership in each region and constituent part of the UK since that partnership was established.
The information is not held in the format requested. However, the table below shows the number of ex-Service personnel judged to have used the Career Transition Partnership (CTP) services and found employment within six months of leaving service in Financial Years 2011-12 and 2012-13.
Resettlement Centre | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | ||
Employed | Employed | |||
Number | % | Number | % | |
All | 1,719 | 85% | 2,048 | 83% |
Northern Ireland | 42 | 91% | 43 | 75% |
Aldershot | 155 | 81% | 217 | 79% |
Catterick | 198 | 86% | 263 | 85% |
Cottesmore | 251 | 83% | 297 | 82% |
Germany | 97 | 88% | 118 | 83% |
Plymouth | 162 | 85% | 200 | 85% |
Portsmouth | 167 | 84% | 165 | 80% |
Rosyth | 142 | 86% | 165 | 89% |
Tidworth | 327 | 88% | 369 | 83% |
Uxbridge | 143 | 81% | 183 | 80% |
London (Senior Officers) | 35 | 78% | 28 | 82% |
Notes
1. Ex-Service personnel are classified as employed if they are in paid employment within six months of leaving the Armed Forces (full-time permanent role; part-time out of choice; contract job for at least six months).
2. Information on employment outcome is based on a 20% sample of ex-Service personnel who have used the Career Transition Partnership service.
The information on the number of Service personnel who have used the Career Transition Partnership service is not held by each region and constituent part of the UK. However, the attached tables provide the number of Service personnel who have received the Employment Support Programme and the Full Support Programme by resettlement centre from calendar year 2005 to 2014.