Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of including spouses and early service leavers in the resettlement support provided by the Careers Transition Partnership.
The estimated cost of the Early Service Leavers enhanced support under the current Career Transition Partnership (CTP) contract from October 2013 to 30 September 2015 is £1 million.
The estimated cost of continuing this provision and the employment support to spouses (a new requirement) in the CTP contract beyond 1 October 2015 is not yet available as the bidders have yet to submit their tenders.