Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of those eligible service personnel who have left the armed forces have participated in the Employment Support Programme of the Careers Transition Partnership in each year since 2010.

Personnel with between four and six years of Service are eligible for the Employment Support Programme (ESP). The latest information held on eligible personnel that have participated in the ESP is as at 31 March 2014.

Between 2010-11 and 2013-14 the following percentage of the total Armed Forces outflow have participated in the ESP:

2010-11 - 10%

2011-12 - 6%

2012-13 - 6%

2013-14 - 8%

Figures presented for 2013-14 are provisional as personnel can receive Careers Transition Partnership resettlement services up to two years before and after leaving the UK Armed Forces. Figures are revised annually in the Official Statistic publication with figures being fixed after two years.