§ Mr. BluntTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 20 July 1998,Official Report, column 424, what proportion of the number of people who will have had some experience in the forces will be under the age of 35 years in 2015 and will have had experience in the Army. [52124]
§ Dr. ReidIt is not possible to make an exact calculation, but as, at present, the majority of personnel serving in the Armed Forces are under 35 years of age and, as the majority of those who leave the Forces are under 35, it would be reasonable to assume that a large proportion of those people who will have had some experience of the Armed Forces will also be under 35 years of age in 2015.