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Armed Forces: Labour Turnover

Volume 472: debated on Wednesday 5 March 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many personnel left the armed forces to join private military companies in each year since 2003. (190648)

Information on the number of personnel who have left the armed forces to join private military companies is not held centrally. Total outflow and voluntary exit rates from the trained strength, broken down by Officers and Other Ranks, can be found in Tri-Service Publication (TSP) 5—‘Trained Outflow to Civil Life’. Monthly figures show the number of personnel who have outflowed in the previous 12 month period. TSP 5 is published monthly and all publications can be found at:

http://www.dasa.mod.uk/natstats/tsp5/tsp5tab5.html

Copies of TSP 5 are available in the Library of the House and also at:

www.dasa.mod.uk