Chapter 2 - Personnel
                           
Table 2.4 Global locations of Service1 and civilian personnel, at 1 April each year
Number: FTE
    1997     2003 2004 2005 2006   2007   2008  
Global Total
   344 120   || .. .. 309 570 299 240 e,r 288 080 r,p 276 560 p
 
Service
 210 820     .. .. 201 100 195 870 e 190 400 r,p 187 060 p
 
Civilian Level 02
 133 290   || 107 580 109 050 108 470 103 380 r 97 690 r 89 500  
                           
United Kingdom
 Service 166 080     .. .. 171 870 167 330 e 161 390 r,p 158 660 p
  Civilian 107 480   || 84 760 86 210 84 740 83 000   78 110   72 840  
                           
Overseas Total
   60 420   || .. .. 47 500 45 820 r 44 520 r,p 41 340 p
  Service 42 700     .. .. 29 130 28 540   27 990 r,p 27 630 p
  Civilian 17 730   || 16 030 17 810 18 270 17 280 r 16 530 r 13 710  
                           
Mainland European States
   41 160   || .. .. 34 040 32 710 e 32 650 r,p 31 200 p
Germany Service 21 900     .. .. 22 170 21 960 e 21 710 r,p 21 690 p
  Civilian 12 130   || 9 440 9 780 9 700 8 700   8 790   7 910  
Balkans3
 Service 5 100     .. .. 170 30 e 50 r,p 20 p
  Civilian 20   || 980 640 660 680   710   230  
Remainder
 Service 1 920     .. .. 1 200 1 180 e 1 160 r,p 1 130 p
  Civilian 100   || 130 130 140 160   230   220  
                           
Mediterranean
   8 690   || .. .. 7 430 7 630 e 6 740 r,p 5 670 p
Cyprus
 Service 4 090     .. .. 3 170 3 040 e 2 950 r,p 2 780 p
  Civilian 2 930   || 2 760 2 880 2 790 3 230   2 280 r 1 850  
Gibraltar
 Service 480     .. .. 360 340 e 310 r,p 280 p
  Civilian 1 200   || 1 090 1 200 1 100 1 010   1 190   750  
                           
Middle East4
 Service 670     .. .. 390 390 e 270 r,p 320 p
  Civilian 40   || 120 1 610 1 650 1 380 r 1 490   1 020  
                           
Far East/Asia
 Service 2 210     .. .. 260 260 e 220 r,p 260 p
  Civilian 770   || 710 730 730 960 r 750   740  
                           
Africa
   560   || .. .. 950 560 e 610 r,p 660 p
Sierra Leone
 Service -     .. .. 100 90 e 90 p 80 p
  Civilian -   || - - 610 230   220   220  
Remainder
 Service 550     .. .. 70 70 e 70 p 70 p
  Civilian -   || 160 160 170 180   230   280  
                           
North America
   2 260   || .. .. 910 870 e 850 r,p 890 p
USA
 Service 1 310     .. .. 400 410 e 390 r,p 420 p
  Civilian 100   || 200 200 200 180   180   180  
Canada5
 Service 840     .. .. 290 260 e 270 r,p 270 p
  Civilian 10   || - 10 20 20   10   20  
                           
Central/South America Service 300     .. .. 100 110 e 90 r,p 90 p
  Civilian 10   || 150 150 150 170   180   190  
                           
Falkland Islands6
 Service 1 790     .. .. 320 310 e 290 r,p 130 p
  Civilian 40   || 50 50 50 60   60   50  
                           
Elsewhere7
 Service 1 550     .. .. 230 90 e 100 r,p 110 p
  Civilian 390   || 240 280 280 340   220 r 60  
                           
Unallocated
   7 910   || .. .. 3 110 750 e 1 270 r,p 980 p
  Service 2 040     .. .. - - e 580 r,p 370 p
  Civilian 5 870   || 4 340 2 710 3 110 750   690   610  
                           
Royal Fleet Auxiliaries
Civilian
 2 210     2 450 2 310 2 350 2 340   2 360   2 270  
Source: DASA(Quad-Service)
1.  Data for the global locations of Service personnel were suspended between 2003 - 2004 because of concerns over quality of the source data. Figures      for 1997 showed where Service personnel were deployed. From 2005 data show where Service personnel are stationed.
2.  Civilian Level 0 and Level 1 are defined in the Glossary.
3.  Consists of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia.
4.  Including Egypt, Iraq and Libya. Service personnel figures for 1 April 2005 and 1 April 2006 include Naval Parties, but excludes all other personnel deployed      on operations from 1 April 2007. Figures exclude all personnel deployed on operations.
5.  Excluding British troops training in Canada at the British Army Training Unit, Suffield.
6.  Whilst the Falkland Islands figure appears to have fallen between 2007 and 2008, the number of personnel located in the Falkland Islands has remained      constant. The apparent fall is due to changes in the way administrative systems record the type of assignment of personnel in the Falklands Islands.      Those on temporary assignments are shown against their permanent stationed location.
7.  Includes personnel in transit and those in any other geographic region that is not specifically identified above.
Due to ongoing validation of data from the Joint Personnel Administration System, Service strength statistics for 1 April 2007 and 1 April 2008 are provisional and subject to review.