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Tables marked as NS are National Statistics. Those without are outside the scope of National Statistics. Details are provided above individual tables. CHAPTER 1 - FINANCE Introduction Notes and Key Trends - Departmental Resources Notes and Key Trends - Resource Accounting and Budgeting Table 1.1 Defence Expenditure Outturn NS Table 1.2 Public Expenditure by Departmental Grouping NS Table 1.3 Principal Headings of Defence Expenditure Outturn (Resource basis) NS Table 1.4 Estimated MOD Equipment Expenditure Table 1.5 MOD Resources by Budgetary Areas NS Table 1.6 MOD Resources by Departmental Aims & Objectives NS Table 1.7 MOD Fixed Assets: 2007/08 NS Table 1.8 MOD Research & Development Expenditure Outturn NS Notes and Key Trends - Industry and Employment Table 1.9 Estimated Defence Expenditure Outturn in the UK: Breakdown by Industry Group NS Table 1.9a Estimated Defence Expenditure Outturn in the UK: Breakdown by Industry Group NS Table 1.10 Estimated UK Employment Dependent on MOD Expenditure and Defence Exports Table 1.11 Estimated UK Regional Direct Employment Dependent on MOD Expenditure Table 1.11a Estimated UK Regional Direct Employment Dependent on MOD Equipment Expenditure Table 1.11b Estimated UK Regional Direct Employment Dependent on MOD Non Equipment Expenditure Table 1.12 MOD Payments on Private Finance Initiative (PFI) Projects: 2007/2008 NS Table 1.12a PFI Projects with Planned MOD Unitary Charge Payments over £25 million: 2008/2009 NS Notes and Key Trends - Trade Improving the quality of defence related imports and exports data Table 1.13 Estimated Imports & Exports of Defence Equipment (Goods) Table 1.14 Estimates of Total Export Deliveries & Orders: Defence Equipment & Services Table 1.15 Ministry of Defence Estimated Balance of Payments for Trade in Services Notes and Key Trends - Defence Contracts Table 1.16 Contracts Placed: By Type NS Table 1.17 Major Equipment Projects NS Table 1.18 Organisations paid £5 million or more by the Ministry of Defence in 2007/08 - Historical version. Revised edition located below. NS Table 1.18 Organisations paid £5 million or more by the Ministry of Defence in 2007/08 - Revised NS Table 1.18a Private Sector Companies paid £50 million or more by the Ministry of Defence in 2007/08: By Holding Company NS Notes and Key Trends - International Defence Table 1.19 MOD Operations and Peacekeeping Costs NS Table 1.20 NATO Countries Defence Expenditure 2003 - 2007 Table 1.21 NATO Countries Defence Expenditure as % of GDP 2003-2007 Table 1.22 Top World-wide Military Spenders: 2007 CHAPTER 2 - PERSONNEL Introduction and Key Trends Table 2.1 Recent trends in Service and civilian personnel numbers, at 1 April each year NS Table 2.2 Civilian personnel by budgetary area, at 1 April 2008 NS Table 2.3 Location of Service and civilian personnel in the United Kingdom NS Table 2.4 Global locations of Service and civilian personnel at 1 April each year NS Table 2.5 Strength of locally entered personnel, including Gurkhas by global location, at 1 April each year NS Table 2.6 Civilian personnel in UK Defence Agencies and MOD-owned Trading Funds by UK country, at 1 April 2008 NS Armed Forces personnel key points and trends Table 2.7 Strength of UK Regular Forces by Service, and whether trained or untrained, at 1 April each year NS Chart to 2.7 Percentage change in UK Regular strength: 1 April each year compared with 1 April 1990 NS Table 2.8 Strength of UK Regular Forces by age and rank at 1 April each year NS Table 2.9 Full Time Trained Strength and Requirement at 1 April each year NS Table 2.10 Strength of UK Regular Forces by Service, ethnic origin and rank at 1 April 2008 NS Table 2.11 Strength of UK Regular Forces by ethnic origin and rank at 1 April each year NS Table 2.12 Strength of UK Regular Forces by sex and rank at 1 April each year NS Table 2.13 Strength of UK Regular Forces by sex and Service at 1 April each year NS Table 2.14 Strength of UK Regular Forces by Service and ethnic origin at 1 April each year NS Table 2.15 Strength of UK Regular Forces by Service and religion at 1 April each year NS Table 2.16 Strength of the Trained UK Regular Forces by Service and nationality at 1 April each year NS Table 2.17 Strength of the Reserve Forces at 1 April each year NS Table 2.18 Strength of the cadet forces at 1 April each year NS Table 2.19 Intake to UK Regular Forces from civil life by Service and sex NS Table 2.20 Intake to untrained strength of UK Regular Forces by Service and ethnic origin NS Table 2.21 Intake to untrained strength of UK Regular Forces by Service and sex NS Table 2.22 Gains to trained strength of UK Regular Forces by Service NS Table 2.23 Outflow from UK Regular Forces by Service and whether trained or untrained NS Charts to 2.19 & 2.23 Intake and Outflow of UK Regular Forces NS Table 2.24 Outflow from trained UK Regular Forces by Service and ethnic origin NS Table 2.25 Outflow from trained UK Regular Forces by sex and reason for leaving NS Table 2.26 Outflow from UK Regular Forces by sex and Service NS Table 2.27 Military salaries: illustrative rates and indices (1990/91=100) NS Chart to 2.27 Military salaries: illustrative rates and indices NS Table 2.28 NATO Rank Codes and UK Service Ranks Civilian Personnel - Key Points and Trends Table 2.29 Civilian personnel, at 1 April each year NS Table 2.30 Civilian personnel by budgetary area and grade equivalence, at 1 April each year NS Table 2.31 Strength of civilian personnel by ethnic origin and grade at 1 April each year NS Table 2.32 Strength of civilian personnel by sex, grade and whether full or part-time, at 1 April each year NS Table 2.33 Intake and outflow of civilian personnel NS Table 2.34 Intake and outflow of civilian personnel by ethnic origin and broad grade NS Table 2.35 Intake of civilian personnel by sex, grade and whether full or part-time NS Table 2.36 Outflow of civilian personnel by sex, grade and whether full or part-time NS Table 2.37 Number of civilian personnel by disability status, and grade, at 1 April 2008 NS Table 2.38 Age Profile of civilian personnel by Industrial or Non-Industrial and sex, at 1 April 2008 NS Table 2.39 Number of War Pensions in payment by type of pension, as at 31 March each year NS Charts to 2.39 Charts to Number of War Pensions in payment by type of pension, as at 31 March each year NS Compensation Claims Introduction Table 2.40 New claims and settled claims by broad category in each year Table 2.41 New claims and settled claims by broad cause in each year Table 2.42 Manpower holdings and ceilings by member country within the scope of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty at 1 January 2008 CHAPTER 3 - HEALTH Introduction Table 3.1 Deaths in the UK Regular Armed Forces, year of occurrence by Service, numbers and rates NS Table 3.2 Causes of deaths in the Armed Forces, numbers and rates 1998-2007 NS Charts to 3.2 Causes of deaths in the Armed Forces, numbers and rates 1998-2007 Table 3.3 Number of suicide and open verdict and awaiting verdict deaths by Service and gender, 1984-2007 NS Table 3.4 Number of Suicides, Standardised Mortality Ratios and Age Specific Mortality Ratios 1984 - 2007, males only NS Table 3.5 Deaths among UK Gulf 1 Veterans 1 April 1991 - 31 December 2007 NS Charts to 3.5 Mortality rates for disease related and external causes Table 3.6 Number of UK Operational Fatalities Table 3.7 Number of UK Military and Civilian Operational Casualties Table 3.8 Work related fatalities by type of incident Table 3.9 On-duty work place incidents resulting in injury-related deaths by cause Table 3.10 Major Injuries and Illnesses UK Service Personnel & Civilians, numbers, financial year, numbers and rates per 100,000 Table 3.11 Serious Injuries and Illnesses UK Service Personnel & Civilians by financial year, numbers and rates per 100,000 Table 3.12 Number of working days lost per calendar year due to sickness of civilian personnel, by ICD Code and Industrial/Non Industrial marker NS CHAPTER 4 - FORMATIONS, VESSELS, AIRCRAFT AND VEHICLES OF THE ARMED FORCES Introduction Table 4.1 Number of vessels in the Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary, and squadrons in the Fleet Air Arm at 1 April each year NS Table 4.2 Number of Regiments, Infantry battalions & Major Headquarters, in the Regular & Territorial Army at 1 April each year NS Table 4.3 Number of squadrons in the Royal Air Force and the Royal Auxiliary Air Force at 1 April each year NS Table 4.4 Number of Regiments and Squadrons in selected Joint Units at 1 April each year NS Table 4.5 Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships and submarines that were operational or undergoing refit by class and base port at 1 April 2008 NS Table 4.6 Militarily useful British-registered passenger and dry cargo merchant vessels by principal categories and sizes at 31 December each year NS Table 4.7 Militarily useful British-registered merchant tankers, specialist and fishing vessels by principal categories and sizes at 31 December each year NS Table 4.8 Aircraft fleets by type of aircraft for the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm at 1 April each year NS Table 4.9 Aircraft fleets by type of aircraft for the Royal Air Force Air Command including Operational Conversion Units and Training Aircraft at 1 April each year NS Table 4.10 Aircraft fleets by type of aircraft in the Joint Helicopter Command and Joint Force Harrier at 1 April each year NS CFE Vehicles and Aircraft Introduction Table 4.11 Tanks and Artillery Holdings in the UK, Germany, Cyprus & Gibraltar within the scope of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty at 1 January each year NS Table 4.12 Armoured Combat Vehicle Holdings in the UK, Germany, Cyprus & Gibraltar within the scope of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty at 1 January each year NS Table 4.13 Aircraft Holdings in the UK, Germany, Cyprus & Gibraltar within the scope of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty at 1 January each year NS Table 4.14 Declared Tanks, Armoured Combat Vehicles & Artillery Holdings and Ceilings by country within the scope of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty at 1 January 2008 NS Table 4.15 Declared Attack Helicopters & Combat Aircraft Holdings & Ceilings by country within the scope of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty at 1 January 2008 NS CHAPTER 5 - MILITARY SEARCH AND RESCUE Introduction Table 5.1 Military Search and Rescue incidents, callouts and people moved: 1997 - 2007 NS Table 5.2 Callouts and people moved by UK Military Search and Rescue units: 1997 - 2007 NS Table 5.3 Callouts and people moved by UK Military Search and Rescue units by type of assistance: 1997 - 2007 NS Table 5.4 Callouts and people moved by UK Military Search and Rescue units in each region: 1997 - 2007 NS Table 5.5 Map of UK Military Search and Rescue callouts: 2007 CHAPTER 6 - LAND HOLDINGS AND BUILDINGS Introduction Table 6.1 Land holdings by parent service area and whether owned, leased or with legal rights at 1 April each year in thousand hectares NS Table 6.2 Land holdings by country and whether owned, leased or with legal rights at 1 April each year in thousand hectares NS Table 6.3 Land holdings by type of use and whether owned, leased or with legal rights at 1 April each year in thousand hectares NS Charts to 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3 Analysis of land holdings, at 1 April 2008 NS Table 6.4 Service family accommodation in the United Kingdom at 31 March each year in thousand of dwellings NS Table 6.5 Surveyed condition of Service family accommodation in Great Britain at 31 March each year in thousands of dwellings NS CHAPTER 7 - NORTHERN IRELAND, MILITARY AID TO THE CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND CONFLICT PREVENTION Introduction Table 7.1 Number of service personnel committed to Northern Ireland and in the Royal Irish Regiment (Home Service), and numbers of Army units at 1 April each year NS Table 7.2 Number of service personnel committed to, and deployed in Northern Ireland at 1 April each year NS Table 7.3 Numbers of service personnel deaths and injuries, persons charged with terrorist offences and serious public order offences, and the weight of explosives and numbers of weapons and ammunition found in Northern Ireland, by financial year NS Table 7.4 Number of Army personnel deployed to Northern Ireland and numbers of service personnel deaths and injuries since 1969 NS Table 7.5 Number of vessels boarded by the Royal Navy Fishery Protection Squadron within British fishing limits and convictions arising from these boardings each financial year NS Table 7.6 Military Aid to the Civil Power, to other Government Departments and to the Civil Community - examples of assistance provided Table 7.7 MOD support to the UKs Conflict Prevention Initiative: examples (excluding operations) of activities undertaken in 2007/08