[holding answer 18 November 2013]: It is worth noting that we would expect the average age of Army Reservists to be lower once the increases have taken place with increased fitness requirements and increased deployability requirements. The average age for all ranks in the Territorial Army (TA) and the Territorial Army Infantry on strength on 1 October 2013 are shown in the following table: Averageage AllTA GroupA 36 GroupAInfantry 35 Notes/caveats: 1.The figures are for TA Group A, both untrained and trained. Thisexcludes Officer cadets in University Office Training Core Units, NonRegular Permanent Staff and Expeditionary ForcesInstitute. 2.The Infantry figure excludes Staff Officers (Colonel andabove). 3.Average age is the weighted mean age rounded down to the nearestinteger. Source: DefenceStatistics(Army)