Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes there have been in the proportion of people leaving the armed forces who participate in the Career Transitions Service since the introduction of the Future Horizons programme.

The Future Horizons Programme (FHP, known as CTP (Career Transition Partnership) Future Horizons since 1 October 2015) was introduced on 1 October 2013, therefore statistics have been provided on participation in the support provided by the CTP pre- and post- 1 October 2013.

Between 1 April 2009 and 30 September 2013, 54 per cent of Service leavers used billable CTP services on the Core Resettlement Programme (CRP, previously known as the Full Resettlement Programme) or the Employment Support Programme (ESP).

In comparison, between 1 October 2013 and 31 March 2016, 74 per cent of Service leavers used billable CTP services on the CRP, ESP or the FHP.

The rise in the participation of billable CTP services between the two time periods (1 April 2009 to 30 September 2013 and 1 October 2013 to 31 March 2016) is not solely due to the introduction of the FHP. The percentage of Service leavers using billable CTP services on the CRP and ESP also increased by eight percentage points to 62 per cent.