Chapter 2 - Personnel
                     
Table 2.24 Outflow1 from trained UK Regular Forces by Service and ethnic origin2
 
1997/98   2003/04 2004/05 2005/06   2006/07   2007/08  
All Services 18 390 16 460 17 600 18 140   18 870 p 18 010 p
                     
    Officers3 2 040 1 740 1 970 2 080   2 310 p 2 340 p
      White 2 015 || 1 565 1 770 1 880   2 095 p 2 125 p
      Ethnic minorities 20 || 40 45 55   45 p 70 p
      Unknown4 5 || 135 150 140   170 p 145 p
                     
    Other ranks 16 350 14 730 15 640 16 070   16 560 p 15 670 p
      White 16 060 || 12 640 13 695 14 250   14 720 p 13 840 p
      Ethnic minorities 190 || 425 475 560   740 p 1 000 p
      Unknown4 100 || 1 660 1 465 1 260   1 095 p 835 p
                     
Naval Service 4 060 3 440 3 590 3 300   3 200 p 3 110 p
                     
    Officers 500 380 420 430   400 p 460 p
      White 495 || 350 390 410   375 p 435 p
      Ethnic minorities 5 || 5 ~ 5   10 p 10 p
      Unknown4 - || 25 25 15   15 p 15 p
                     
    Other ranks 3 560 3 060 3 170 2 870   2 800 p 2 660 p
      White 3 540 || 2 725 2 770 2 670   2 620 p 2 510 p
      Ethnic minorities 25 || 50 60 75   65 p 65 p
      Unknown4 - || 285 345 125   120 p 80 p
                     
Army 10 210 9 570 10 740 10 500   10 930 p 10 470 p
                     
    Officers3 960 780 900 980   1 110 p 1 160 p
      White 950 || 705 805 875   1 005 p 1 060 p
      Ethnic minorities 5 || 15 25 25   20 p 35 p
      Unknown4 ~ || 60 75 80   85 p 65 p
                     
    Other ranks 9 250 8 790 9 840 9 520   9 820 p 9 310 p
      White 9 065 || 7 410 8 640 8 355   8 590 p 8 020 p
      Ethnic minorities 105 || 320 350 385   580 p 845 p
      Unknown4 80 || 1 060 850 785   645 p 445 p
                     
Royal Air Force 4 120 3 460 3 270 4 340   4 740   4 430 p
                     
    Officers 580 580 640 670   800   720 p
      White 575 || 510 575 595   710   630 p
      Ethnic minorities 5 || 15 20 25   15   25 p
      Unknown4 ~ || 50 50 45   75   65 p
                     
    Other ranks 3 540 2 880 2 630 3 670   3 930   3 710 p
      White 3 455 || 2 505 2 285 3 220   3 505   3 305 p
      Ethnic minorities 60 || 55 65 100   95   90 p
      Unknown4 20 || 320 270 350   335   310 p
Ethnic minorities as a percentage5 of total (excluding Unknown)
All personnel 1.1 || 3.2 3.3 3.7   4.5 p 6.3 p
                     
    Officers 0.9 || 2.4 2.6 2.8   2.1 p 3.3 p
      Naval Service 1.2 || 2.0 ~ 1.7   2.3 p 2.2 p
      Army3 0.6 || 2.1 3.0 2.7   2.0 p 3.3 p
      Royal Air Force 1.0 || 3.2 3.0 3.7   2.1   4.0 p
                     
    Other ranks 1.2 || 3.3 3.3 3.8   4.8 p 6.7 p
      Naval Service 0.7 || 1.8 2.1 2.7   2.4 p 2.5 p
      Army 1.1 || 4.2 3.9 4.4   6.3 p 9.5 p
      Royal Air Force 1.8 || 2.1 2.8 3.0   2.6   2.7 p
Source: DASA(Quad-Service)
UK Regular Forces excludes Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve personnel, and mobilised reservists.
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 promotions to officer from other ranks or flows between Services.
2.  From 2002 onwards ethnicity classifications were changed in line with the 2001 census of population so that the new ethnicity classifications used in the      2001 Census of Population could be used. These classifications are the basis of the figures from 2002 onwards.
3.  Army officer outflow figures include miscellaneous outflow.
4.  Includes those with an unrecorded ethnic origin and those who chose not to declare.
5.  Percentages are calculated from unrounded data.
~ denotes fewer than 5 or a percentage based on fewer than 5.
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.