§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to introduce the specification requirement of personal integrity for candidates for army officer selection.
§ Mr. SoamesA high level of personal integrity is expected from all Army officers. Assessment of an individual candidate's personal integrity is already undertaken as part of the normal process of Army officer selection and is carried out by various means including reference to the candidate's application form, initial interviews, headmasters' and tutor's reports, school and university liaison officer's reports, referees' reports and further interviews at the regular commission board. There are no plans to introduce further specific measures.