HC Deb 13 October 1975 vol 897 cc592-3W
Mr. Rose

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will extend the age limit for recruitment to the TAVR to take account of persons with technical or administrative skills which would be of assistance to the BAOR or United Kingdom mobile force in case of mobilisation.

Mr. Robert C. Brown

The age limits for commissioning or enlistment into the TAVR are set out in the Regulations for the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve 1967. These regulations permit selective exceptions to the age limit for commission or enlistment to be granted, and so a person with a particularly needed skill could be enlisted if he was required, even though he did not come within the specified age limits.