Chapter 2 - Personnel
                                   
Table 2.3 Location of Service and civilian personnel1,2 in the United Kingdom
Thousands: FTE

At 1 July each year

 1990       1997     1999   2000     2005 2006 2007  
United Kingdom
 ..       276.9     272.0   267.7   || 254.5 245.6 236.8 p
 
Service
 215.9       171.6     171.8   170.3     169.6 164.4 159.7 p
 
Civilian
 ..       105.3     100.2   97.4   || 84.9 81.2 77.1  
 
 
                                
England ..       229.4     226.5   222.6   || 216.2 209.8 205.8 p
 
Service
 179.6       142.6     144.4   143.0     145.0 141.6 140.3 p
 
Civilian
 ..       86.8     82.2   79.5   || 71.2 68.2 65.5  
Wales ..       8.4     8.4   8.3   || 6.2 5.4 5.0 p
 
Service
 5.3       3.3     3.3   3.2     2.9 2.5 2.6 p
 
Civilian
 ..       5.1     5.2   5.0   || 3.4 2.9 2.4  
Scotland ..       24.2     24.6   24.7   || 20.2 19.7 18.9 p
 
Service
 19.3       13.9     14.9   15.1     13.2 12.9 12.4 p
 
Civilian
 ..       10.3     9.7   9.6   || 7.0 6.8 6.5  
Northern Ireland ..       14.6     12.2   11.6   || 10.4 9.1 7.3 p
 
Service
 11.5       11.5     9.0   8.4     7.0 5.9 4.5 p
 
Civilian
 ..       3.1     3.2   3.2   || 3.4 3.2 2.8  
Source: DASA (Quad-Service)
                           

Service and civilian personnel1,2 by Government Office Region
Number: FTE
    Service     Civilian

At 1 April each year

 2007   2008   % change 3   2007   2008   % change3
United Kingdom
 161 390 r,p 158 660 p -1.7     68 230   63 960   -6.3
                           
England
 141 390 r,p 140 310 p -0.8     57 880   54 880   -5.2
 
East of England
18 070r,p17 950p-0.7  6 430 6 400 -0.5
 
East Midlands
9 270r,p9 230p-0.4  2 410 2 390 -0.7
 
London
6 790r,p5 900p-13.2  6 040 5 370 -11.1
 
North East
1 490r,p1 450p-2.8  510 510 0.6
 
North West
1 720r,p1 710p-0.9  2 640 2 530 -4.2
 
South East
44 880r,p45 610p1.6  13 630 12 660 -7.1
 
South West
39 160r,p39 030p-0.3  18 290 17 630 -3.6
 
West Midlands
6 190r,p5 900p-4.7  4 330 3 820 -11.7
 
Yorkshire and The Humber
13 790r,p13 530p-1.9  3 590 3 560 -1.0
                           
Wales 2 590 r,p 2 640 p 1.7     1 420   1 230   -13.1
                           
Scotland 12 640 r,p 11 970 p -5.3     6 020   5 730   -4.7
                           
Northern Ireland 4 770 r,p 3 740 p -21.6     2 920   2 120   -27.6
                           
Unallocated 580 r,p 370 p -36.2     540   370   -32.1
                           
Royal Fleet Auxiliaries *   *   *     2 360   2 270   -3.5
                           
Overseas 27 990 r,p 27 630 p -1.3     2 650   2 450   -7.7
                           
Civilian Level 1 *   *   *     73 780   69 050   -6.4
                           
Trading Funds *   *   *     10 060   9 210   -8.5
  Trading Funds United Kingdom *   *   *     9 870   8 930   -9.5
  Trading Funds Overseas *   *   *     40   30   -11.4
  Trading Fund Unallocated *   *   *     160   250   57.7
                           
Locally Engaged Civilians *   *   *     13 840 r 11 240   -20.9
                           
Civilian Level 0 *   *   *     97 690 r 89 500   -8.7
Source: DASA (Quad-Service)
1.    Service personnel figures are for UK Regular Forces, and therefore exclude Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service personnel and mobilised reservists.
2.    Civilian Level 0 and Level 1 are defined in the Glossary.
3.    Percentage change is calculated from unrounded data.
Due to ongoing validation of data from the Joint Personnel Administration System, Service strength statistics for 1 April 2007, 1 July 2007 and 1 April 2008 are provisional and subject to review.