To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many veterans applied to his Department using the civil service great place to work scheme over the nine month pilot; and how many of those applicants (a) received an interview, (b) were offered a job and (c) went on to accept a role and begin work.
Answered on
8 February 2022
During the pilot of the Great Place to Work for Veterans scheme the department received:
Number of applicants | ||
Applicants to the scheme | 926 | |
(a) received an interview | 276 | |
(b) were offered a job | 113 | |
(c) went on to accept a role | 50 | |
(d) began work with the Ministry of Justice | Not Available | |
The pilot demonstrated that the initiative was successful in providing greater opportunities to veterans to pursue a career in the Civil Service and will now be rolled out across all Departments. This is one of a number of schemes to support veterans into public sector employment, including specific plans to get more veterans into teaching, the prison service and uniformed services.