Chapter 2 - Personnel
                           
Table 2.23 Outflow1 from UK Regular Forces by Service and whether trained or untrained
1990/91   1997/98   2003/04 2004/05   2005/06   2006/07   2007/08  
All Services 39 080 || 24 350   23 400 23 430   23 260   25 160 r,p 24 690 p
                           
   Officers2 3 710 || 2 280   2 040 2 310   2 290   2 680 p 2 820 p
      Trained .. || 2 040   1 740 1 970   2 080   2 310 p 2 340 p
      as a percentage of trained strength3 .. || 6.9   5.8 6.6   7.0   7.9 p 8.1 p
                           
      Untrained .. || 240   310 340   220   370 p 480 p
                           
Other ranks 35 370   22 070   21 360 21 120   20 980   22 480 r,p 21 860 p
      Trained ..   16 350   14 730 15 640   16 070   16 560 p 15 670 p
      as a percentage of trained strength3 ..   10.1   9.6 10.1   10.6   11.4 p 11.1 p
                           
      Untrained ..   5 720   6 640 5 490   4 910   5 920 p 6 190 p
                           
Naval Service 8 110   5 270   4 770 4 630   4 490   4 320 p 4 340 p
                           
   Officers 800   620   470 510   520   500 p 580 p
      Trained ..   500   380 420   430   400 p 460 p
      as a percentage of trained strength3 ..   7.3   5.7 6.3   6.5   6.0 p 7.0 p
                           
      Untrained ..   120   90 90   90   100 p 120 p
                           
Other ranks 7 310   4 650   4 300 4 130   3 960   3 820 p 3 760 p
      Trained ..   3 560   3 060 3 170   2 870   2 800 p 2 660 p
      as a percentage of trained strength3 ..   10.4   10.3 10.8   10.1   10.0 p 9.5 p
                           
      Untrained ..   1 080   1 250 960   1 100   1 020 r,p 1 110 p
                           
Army 22 820 || 14 470   14 600 15 070   14 190   15 770 p 15 330 p
                           
   Officers2 1 860 || 1 040   950 1 100   1 070   1 330 p 1 490 p
      Trained .. || 960   780 900   980   1 110 p 1 160 p
      as a percentage of trained strength3 .. || 7.5   5.8 6.6   7.1   8.1 p 8.4 p
                           
      Untrained .. || 80   170 200   90   220 p 330 p
                           
Other ranks 20 960   13 430   13 640 13 970   13 120   14 440 p 13 830 p
      Trained ..   9 250   8 790 9 840   9 520   9 820 p 9 310 p
      as a percentage of trained strength3 ..   10.9   10.3 11.4   11.3   12.0 p 11.6 p
                           
      Untrained ..   4 180   4 850 4 130   3 600   4 620 p 4 530 p
                           
Royal Air Force 8 150   4 610   4 040 3 730   4 590   5 070   5 020 p
                           
   Officers 1 050   620   620 700   700   850   760 p
      Trained ..   580   580 640   670   800   720 p
      as a percentage of trained strength3 ..   5.9   6.0 6.7   7.1   8.9   8.3 p
                           
      Untrained ..   40   40 60   30   50   30 p
                           
Other ranks 7 090   3 990   3 410 3 020   3 890   4 220   4 270 p
      Trained ..   3 540   2 880 2 630   3 670   3 930   3 710 p
      as a percentage of trained strength3 ..   8.2   7.4 6.7   9.6   11.1   11.3 p
                           
      Untrained ..   450   530 400   220   280   560 p
Source: DASA(Quad-Service)
UK Regular Forces includes all trained and untrained personnel. Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve personnel, and mobilised reservists are excluded.
Outflow from UK Regular Forces includes death and outflow to civil life including recalled reservists on release and outflow to the Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment, which was disbanded on 31 March 2008.
1.  Does not include promotion to officer from other ranks.
2.  From 1997/98 onwards, Army officer outflow figures include miscellaneous outflow.
3.  Calculated as a percentage of the average trained strength over the year.
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.