Chapter 2 - Personnel
                                 
Table 2.5 Strength of locally entered personnel including Gurkhas by global location, at 1 April                      each year
 
   1990     1997     2003 2004 2005 2006   2007 1 2008  
Total
   40 160   ll 20 190     17 970 19 510 19 740 18 560 r 17 940 r 15 480 p
                               
Naval Service
   310     190     - - - -   -   -  
Army
   8 710     4 140     4 130 4 080 4 080 4 010   4 100   4 240 p
of which Gurkhas
   ..     3 760     3 760 3 720 3 690 3 660   3 710   3 860 p
Royal Air Force
   -     -     - - - -   -   -  
Civilian
   31 140   ll 15 860     13 840 15 430 15 660 14 540 r 13 840 r 11 240  
 
                                
 
                                
by location
                                
United Kingdom
                                
    Army
   1 300     2 000     2 600 2 550 2 520 2 550   2 770   3 020 p
       of which Gurkhas
   ..     2 000     2 600 2 550 2 520 2 550   2 770   3 020 p
Continental Europe
                                
    Civilian
   23 290     10 790     8 070 8 290 8 050 7 040   7 210   6 350  
Mediterranean
                                
  Gibraltar
                                
    Army2
   70     350     370 360 390 350   400   380 p
    Civilian
   1 530     1 130     1 030 1 140 1 040 940   1 130   700  
  Malta
                                
    Civilian
   10     -     - - - -   -   -  
  Cyprus
                                
    Civilian3
   2 460     2 660     2 440 2 510 2 430 2 870   1 960 r 1 550  
Far East
                                
  Hong Kong
                                
    Naval Service
   310     190     - - - -   -   -  
    Army
   5 310     140     - - - -   -   -  
       of which Gurkhas
   ..     120     - - - -   -   -  
    Civilian
   2 630     190     - - - -   -   -  
  Brunei
                                
    Army
   840     780     790 730 770 800   840   790 p
       of which Gurkhas
   ..     780     790 730 770 800   840   790 p
    Civilian
   200     230     300 300 300 290 r 290   290  
  Nepal4
                                
    Army
   1 190     860     370 440 400 300   90   40 p
       of which Gurkhas
   ..     860     370 440 400 300   90   40 p
    Civilian
 }   {   300     360 370 370 360   360   360  
  Elsewhere
 290                          
    Civilian
     40   20 20 20 40   40   40  
Other areas
                                
  Falkland Islands
                                
    Army
   -     -     - - - 10   10   - p
       of which Gurkhas
   ..     -     - - - 10   10   - p
  Elsewhere
                                
    Civilian5
   730     530     1 620 2 790 3 440 2 990 r 2 850   1 950  
Source: DASA(Quad-Service)
1. Due to the introduction of the Joint Personnel Administration System, locally entered Service personnel figures by location for 1 April 2007 are not available     and therefore shown as at 1 March 2007.
2. Gibraltar Army figures comprise the Gibraltar Permanent Cadre and Gibraltar Volunteer Reserve.
3. From 1996, includes the locally employed dependents of Service personnel.
4. In March 2007 Gurkha terms and conditions of service were changed, and among other things, this involved replacing Nepal Long Leave (five months'     unpaid leave every three years) with the same leave entitlement as UK Regular soldiers (30 days paid leave each year). As a result, the number of Gurkhas     recorded as being in Nepal is lower from 1 April 2007 onwards than in previous years.
5. The increase in 2002 reflects the engagement of local personnel in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo and the increase in 2004 the engagement of personnel     in Iraq.
Due to ongoing validation of data from the Joint Personnel Administration System, Service strength statistics for 1 April 2008 are provisional and subject to review.