Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to respond to offers of employment for returning injured military personnel.

A career in the Armed Forces equips service leavers with a wide range of specialist and transferable skills. Such a career will also have instilled and developed characteristics such as leadership, initiative and tenacity, which is why this group of people are in high demand in the public, private, voluntary and community sectors.

The Ministry of Defence prepares personnel through the Career Transition Partnership (CTP) in providing them advice, guidance, vocational training and job finding support to help them secure an appropriate and sustainable career after leaving the Armed Forces. The CTP is a partnering arrangement between the MOD and Right Management Limited and engages with industry and public/charity/voluntary sector organisations to best match work and employment opportunities with personnel leaving the Armed Forces. We work with all industry sectors to offer Service Leavers a range of employmnet options and positions through the creation of partnerships with major organisations such as BAE Systems, Jaguar, Siemens, Google and BT Openreach. The CTP helped 85 per cent of Service Leavers find sustainable employmnet within six months of leaving the Armed Forces in 2013/14.

Those who are medically discharged are entitled to the full range of resettlement provision, regardless of how long they have served or the nature and cause of injuries. We also offer specialised support for wounded, injured and sick personnel and those with the most complex barriers to employment to ensure they receive the most appropriate employment and recovery pathway. This is delivered through the Recovery Career Services in conjunction with the MOD and key charities.