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| Chapter 2 - Personnel |
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| Table 2.19 Intake1 to UK Regular Forces from civil life2 by Service and sex |
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1990/91 |
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1997/98 |
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2003/04 |
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2004/05 |
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2005/06 |
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2006/07 |
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2007/08 |
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| All Services |
31 210 |
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23 610 |
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23 540 |
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17 590 |
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18 150 |
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19 790 |
p |
21 330 |
p |
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| Officers |
2 780 |
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1 760 |
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1 800 |
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1 450 |
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1 520 |
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1 580 |
p |
1 740 |
p |
| Male |
.. |
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1 380 |
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1 450 |
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1 150 |
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1 230 |
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1 280 |
p |
1 440 |
p |
| Female |
.. |
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380 |
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350 |
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300 |
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290 |
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310 |
p |
300 |
p |
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| Other Ranks |
28 420 |
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21 850 |
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21 730 |
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16 140 |
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16 630 |
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18 210 |
p |
19 590 |
p |
| Male |
.. |
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18 870 |
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19 360 |
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14 540 |
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15 180 |
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16 560 |
p |
17 790 |
p |
| Female |
.. |
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2 980 |
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2 370 |
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1 600 |
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1 450 |
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1 650 |
p |
1 800 |
p |
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| Naval Service |
6 910 |
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4 600 |
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4 120 |
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3 690 |
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3 940 |
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3 770 |
p |
3 860 |
p |
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| Officers |
550 |
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370 |
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340 |
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370 |
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370 |
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320 |
p |
290 |
p |
| of which: Royal Marines |
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40 |
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40 |
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50 |
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50 |
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50 |
p |
30 |
p |
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| Male |
.. |
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300 |
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290 |
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300 |
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320 |
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280 |
p |
240 |
p |
| of which: Royal Marines |
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40 |
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40 |
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50 |
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50 |
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50 |
p |
30 |
p |
| Female |
.. |
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70 |
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50 |
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60 |
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50 |
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50 |
p |
50 |
p |
| of which: Royal Marines |
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- |
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- |
p |
- |
p |
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| Other Ranks |
6 360 |
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4 230 |
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3 780 |
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3 320 |
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3 570 |
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3 450 |
p |
3 580 |
p |
| of which: Royal Marines |
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980 |
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1 050 |
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1 030 |
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1 190 |
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1 080 |
p |
1 080 |
p |
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| Male |
.. |
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3 660 |
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3 240 |
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2 930 |
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3 160 |
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3 030 |
p |
3 160 |
p |
| of which: Royal Marines |
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960 |
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1 040 |
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1 010 |
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1 180 |
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1 070 |
p |
1 070 |
p |
| Female |
.. |
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560 |
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530 |
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390 |
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410 |
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420 |
p |
420 |
p |
| of which: Royal Marines |
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10 |
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10 |
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20 |
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10 |
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10 |
p |
10 |
p |
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| Army |
17 500 |
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15 480 |
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15 260 |
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11 720 |
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12 730 |
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14 300 |
p |
14 540 |
p |
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| Officers |
1 450 |
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990 |
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940 |
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790 |
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820 |
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900 |
p |
1 060 |
p |
| Male |
.. |
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780 |
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780 |
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640 |
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680 |
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720 |
p |
890 |
p |
| Female |
.. |
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200 |
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160 |
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140 |
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140 |
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170 |
p |
170 |
p |
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| Other Ranks |
16 050 |
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14 500 |
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14 310 |
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10 940 |
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11 910 |
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13 400 |
p |
13 480 |
p |
| Male |
.. |
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12 660 |
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13 210 |
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10 160 |
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11 060 |
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12 440 |
p |
12 500 |
p |
| Female |
.. |
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1 830 |
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1 110 |
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770 |
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850 |
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970 |
p |
980 |
p |
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| Royal Air Force |
6 800 |
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3 530 |
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4 160 |
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2 180 |
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1 480 |
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1 720 |
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2 930 |
p |
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| Officers |
780 |
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400 |
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520 |
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290 |
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330 |
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370 |
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390 |
p |
| Male |
.. |
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290 |
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380 |
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200 |
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230 |
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280 |
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300 |
p |
| Female |
.. |
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110 |
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140 |
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100 |
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100 |
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90 |
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80 |
p |
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| Other Ranks |
6 010 |
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3 130 |
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3 640 |
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1 880 |
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1 150 |
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1 360 |
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2 540 |
p |
| Male |
.. |
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2 540 |
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2 910 |
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1 440 |
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960 |
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1 090 |
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2 140 |
p |
| Female |
.. |
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590 |
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730 |
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440 |
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190 |
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270 |
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400 |
p |
| Source: DASA (Quad-Service) |
UK Regular Forces includes all trained and untrained personnel. Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve personnel, and mobilised reservists are excluded.
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| 1. Figures show intake to UK Regular Forces including re-enlistments and rejoined reservists but exclude movements between services. |
2. Includes trained entrants. Trained entrants are excluded from Tables 2.20 and 2.21.
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| Due to ongoing validation of data from the Joint Personnel Administration System, all Naval Service and Army flow statistics for financial year 06/07 and 07/08 and all RAF flow statistics for financial year 07/08 are provisional and subject to review. |
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