Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the awarding of the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal to serving members of the Territorial armed services, who had unbroken service for the immediate five years preceding the Jubilee, was dependant on eligible recipients being able to produce a certificate of efficiency for each of those qualifying years; and if he will make a statement.

The Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal was awarded to all personnel who were in effective military service with the Volunteer Reserve Forces on 6 February 2002 and had completed five annual bounty earning training years, for which a certificate of efficiency would have been received, and who were properly enlisted on, or prior to, 7 February 1997. The annual bounty training year 2001/2002 was required to be one of the five years to count. The total of five annual bounty earning training years could be aggregated.

A former service person who believes that they may have been eligible to receive the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal is welcome to write to the Ministry of Defence to request a review of their circumstances. Medals enquiries may be made by post to: MOD Medal Office, Innsworth House, Imjin Barracks, Gloucester, GL3 1HW; or by e-mail to: dbs-medals@mod.gov.uk