Chapter 2 - Personnel
                             
Table 2.25 Outflow1 from trained UK Regular Forces by sex and reason for leaving
1990/91   1997/98   2003/04   2004/05   2005/06   2006/07 2 2007/08 2
                             
All trained personnel 28 820 || 18 390   16 460   17 600   18 140   18 870 p 18 010 p
                             
Trained officers 2 760 || 2 040   1 740   1 970   2 080   2 310 p 2 340 p
                             
   Male 2 450 || 1 860   1 580   1 760   1 880   2 090 p 2 080 p
      Age, option point and time3 1 130   980   710   800   810   ..   ..  
         Full career: age4 440   420   430   470   ..   ..   ..  
         Full career: option point5 190   160   180   190   ..   ..   ..  
         Short career: time6 460   380   90   130   ..   ..   ..  
         Short career: option7 40   20   -   -   ..   ..   ..  
      Redundancies -   -   -   -   40   ..   ..  
      Voluntary Outflow 1 180   790   760   820   900   ..   ..  
      Medical reasons and death 100   70   60   100   70   ..   ..  
      Other reasons8,9 40 || 20   40   40   70   ..   ..  
                             
   Female 310 || 180   160   200   200   220 p 260 p
      Age, option point and time3 180   100   50   80   70   ..   ..  
         Full career: age4 10   -   -   10   ..   ..   ..  
         Full career: option point5 10   20   20   20   ..   ..   ..  
         Short career: time6 150   80   30   40   ..   ..   ..  
         Short career: option7 -   -   -   -   ..   ..   ..  
      Redundancies -   -   -   -   -   ..   ..  
      Voluntary Outflow 120   60   100   110   110   ..   ..  
      Medical reasons and death -   10   10   10   10   ..   ..  
      Other reasons8,9 10 || -   -   -   -   ..   ..  
                             
Trained other ranks 26 060   16 350   14 730   15 640   16 070   16 560 p 15 670 p
                             
   Male 24 070   14 880   13 390   14 260   14 700   15 190 p 14 360 p
      End of engagement 5 330   4 240   3 030   2 960   3 440   ..   ..  
      Redundancies -   -   -   -   490   ..   ..  
      Voluntary Outflow 15 640   7 970   6 720   7 310   7 260   ..   ..  
      Service no longer required, disciplinary
      and other reasons8		 1 850   1 500   2 760   2 940   2 430   ..   ..  
      Medical reasons and death 1 120   1 110   830   1 020   1 020   ..   ..  
      Compassionate release 130   60   50   40   50   ..   ..  
                             
   Female 1 990   1 470   1 330   1 380   1 360   1 360 p 1 320 p
      End of engagement 160   150   110   110   140   ..   ..  
      Redundancies -   -   -   -   10   ..   ..  
      Voluntary Outflow3 1 650   1 090   910   920   900   ..   ..  
         of which:                            
         Marriage 540   -   -   -   ..   ..   ..  
         Pregnancy 350   180   170   190   ..   ..   ..  
      Service no longer required, disciplinary
      and other reasons8    		150   110   200   210   200   ..   ..  
      Medical reasons and death 30   110   100   120   120   ..   ..  
      Compassionate release 10   20   20   10   10   ..   ..  
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.    Due to ongoing validation of data from the Joint Personnel Administration System, breakdowns of outflow by exit reason are not currently available from 1        April 2006.
3.    Due to the introduction of the Joint Personnel Administration System, there are no further breakdowns of this category available from 2005/06.
4.    Naval Service: completion of Full Term Commission; Army: completion of Regular Career Commission; RAF: exit at Normal Retirement Date.
5.    Naval Service: completion of Career Commission; Army: completion of Intermediate Regular Commission; RAF: exit at Initial or Optional Retirement Date
       (typically aged 38-44 years).
6.    Naval Service: completion of an Initial Commission (Short Career Commission before 1999); Army/RAF: Short Service Commission.
7.    RAF only: 8 year break-point in Short Service Commission or 8 or 12 year breakpoint in other commissions.
8.    Includes dismissal.
9.    From 1997/98, Army Officer outflow figures include miscellaneous outflow.
Due to ongoing validation of data from the Joint Personnel Administration System, all Service flow statistics for financial year 06/07 and 07/08 are provisional and subject to review.