Armed Forces: Re-employment
(asked on 7th July 2015) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel made redundant in each year since 2010 his Department has re-employed.
The following table shows the number of Service personnel who were made redundant in each specified year who were subsequently re-employed by the Ministry of Defence.
Financial Year | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
Number of Service Personnel made Redundant (see note 1) | 0 | 1,700 | 3,470 | 4,280 | 1,350 |
Number of Redundant Service Personnel who have since been re-employed (see note 2) | 0 | 110 | 320 | 470 | 120 |
Note 1 - Service personnel excludes Full Time Reservists personnel, Gurkhas, Naval activated Reservists, mobilised Reservists, Military Provost Guard Service and Non Regular Permanent Staff.
Note 2 - Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, though numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.
The number re-employed refer to Service personnel who left the UK Regular Forces on redundancy and have since been re-employed as a UK Regular, Reservist, or MOD Civil Servant.