§ Sir Nicholas Bonsorasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many officers there are (a) in the Regular Army Reserve of Officers and (b) in the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers; how many schoolteachers are officers in the Combined Cadet Forces; how many instructor-officers there are in the Army Cadet Force; and in each of these four categories, how many are below the age of 35 years.
§ Mr. GoodhartThere are 21,059 officers in the Regular Army Reserve of officers and we estimate that about 1,000 are under 35 years of age. The Territorial Army Reserve of officers was incorporated into the Regular Army Reserve of officers in 1967.There are 189W currently 5,800 officers in the Territorial Army, of whom 2,764 are under the age of 35.We do not keep records of the occupations of Combined Cadet Force officers, but it is likely that a high proportion of the 1,793 CCF officers are school teachers. There are 2,543 Army Cadet Force officers. The exact number of Regular Army Reserve of officers, CCF and ACF officers below the age of 35 cannot be readily obtained.