UK Full Time Personnel: UK Regulars, FTRS1 and Gurkhas   1 September 2008
                             
         
Trained
Trained
Surplus/
Untrained
Total
  
         
Strength3
Requirement5
Deficit
Strength
Strength
  
                             
  All Services4 173,130 p 179,080   -5,950 p 17,240 p 190,370 p
                             
  Naval Service4 Total   34,700 p 36,050   -1,360 p 3,960 p 38,660 p
      UK Regulars 34,150 p 36,050   -1,900 p 3,960 p 38,110 p
      FTRS   550 p -   550 p -   550 p
    comprising: FC 180 p -   180 p -   180 p
        LC 220 p -   220 p -   220 p
        HC 150 p -   150 p -   150 p
                             
  Army4 Total   98,460 p 101,790   -3,330 p 9,790 p 108,250 p
      UK Regulars6 93,990 p 98,800   -4,810 p 9,530 p 103,520 p
      FTRS   950 p -   950 p -   950 p
    comprising: FC 640 p -   640 p -   640 p
        LC 30 p -   30 p -   30 p
        HC 280 p -   280 p -   280 p
      Gurkhas   3,520 p 2,990   530 p 260 p 3,780 p
                             
  Royal Air Force4 Total   39,970 p 41,230   -1,260 p 3,490 p 43,460 p
      UK Regulars 39,590 p 40,830   -1,240 p 3,490 p 43,080 p
      FTRS   370 p 400   -30 p -   370 p
    comprising: FC 40 p -   40 p -   40 p
        LC 190 p 260   -70 p -   190 p
        HC 140 p 140   -10 p -   140 p
                             
                  Source: DASA (Quad-Service)
                             
Notes:  
                             
1. FTRS: Full Time Reserve Service. FTRS strength figures include Full Commitment (FC), Home Commitment (HC) and Limited Commitment (LC) individuals. For the Army, FC and LC individuals serve against the requirement whilst HC individuals fill posts specifically for FTRS personnel. For the RAF, FC individuals serve against the requirement whilst HC and LC individuals fill posts specifically for FTRS personnel. All Navy FTRS individuals serve against the requirement.  
                             
                             
                             
3. 1 September 2008 figures exclude: 1,360 p Army Reservists mobilised for service of which
        30 p are from the Regular, not Volunteer Reserves;
        140 p RAF Reservists mobilised for service of which
        - p are from the Regular, not Volunteer Reserves;
        230 p Gibraltar Permanent Cadre
        190 p Naval Activated Reservists of which
        - p are from the Regular, not Volunteer Reserves.
                             
        None of these count towards the Trained Requirement.
                             
4. Due to ongoing validation of data from the Joint Personnel Administration System, Naval Service, Army and RAF strength statistics at 1 April 2008 and 1 September 2008 are provisional and subject to review.  
                             
5 The Strength for all three services have been calculated against DP08 Liabilities. The Requirements for the Naval Service in months between April 08 and April 09 are updated monthly by interpolating between DP08 April 08 and April 09 Liabilities. The Requirements for the RAF in months between April 08 and April 09 are updated quarterly by interpolating between DP08 April 08 and April 09 Liabilities.  
     
6 There has been an unexpectedly high number of Royal Engineers who flowed from untrained to trained Strength during August, this change is currently under investigation.  
   
Due to rounding methods used, totals may not always equal the sum of the parts. When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.  
                             
- denotes zero or rounded to zero.
p denotes provisional.