Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether there is a (1) minimum, and (2) maximum, age to join the Civil Service.

Applicants can apply for roles within the Civil Service from the age of 16, and beyond this there is no maximum age limit to join the Civil Service.

Departments should not have a mandatory retirement age for their staff, except where they have a sound business reason, supported by legal advice, to retain an upper age limit for certain groups.