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Written question asked by Thomas Docherty (Labour) on Wednesday, 15 October 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 22 October 2014 (named day). It was answered by Anna Soubry (Conservative) on Wednesday, 22 October 2014 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Veterans: Employment

Question

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.

Answer

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.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
210700
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Employment Married people Veterans
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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