Mr. Neal Richardson:

In the context of the point Mr. Gilbey made with regard to SaBRE and the British Armed Forces' employment engagement programme, a number of recent surveys in respect of various promotional courses within the British military reserve placed an actual financial value on reservist training, etc., to employers. The surveys in question indicate that putting a person through recruit training - the lowest level of training the British reserve forces offer - is worth £960 to a civilian employer. Training a person to be a reserve officer is worth £22,000 to such an employer. The British have placed a value on what is involved and this has given employers incentives and changed the perception in respect of reserve forces in the UK. If that was done here and if employers were to look on employing Reserve Defence Force personnel as an actual benefit to them, it is something we would welcome.