To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much has been spent on the Careers Transition Partnership scheme in each year since 1998. (274976)

I will write to the hon. member.

Substantive answer from Kevan Jones to Dr. Fox:

I undertook to write to you with an answer to your Parliamentary Question on 14 May 2009, Official Report, column 948W. I am now able to provide a breakdown of spend per financial year on the Career Transition Partnership Scheme. The Career Transition Partnership (CTP) is a partnership between the Ministry of Defence and Right Management Consultants. As you may be aware, the inception of the CTP contract was in October 1998, which is why the spend figure for financial year 1998-99 is lower than subsequent years.

The figure for spend in each financial year is shown in the table below, these figures exclude VAT.