Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance the armed forces have given his Department on the raising of the upper age limit of recruitment of those with specialist skills to become Officers in the Army Reserve from 45 to 50 years old.

Guidance on the raising of the recruitment age to 50 years old for those with specialist skills to become Officers in the Army Reserve was given in an Army Briefing Note published in May 2012. This was further published as part of a Defence Instruction and Notice issued in August 2014.