Chapter 2 - Personnel
                       
Table 2.26 Outflow1 from UK Regular Forces by sex and Service
1990/91   1997/98   2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07   2007/08  
Females: total 3 060 || 2 490   2 200 2 100 1 980 2 160 p 2 170 p
                       
   Officers: total 360 || 230   220 250 240 300 p 350 p
      Naval Service 40   60   30 50 40 50 p 50 p
      Army2 180 || 100   110 130 110 140 p 190 p
      Royal Air Force 140   60   70 80 90 100   100 p
                       
   Other ranks: total 2 700   2 260   1 990 1 840 1 730 1 870 p 1 830 p
      Naval Service 640   560   510 440 440 440 p 420 p
      Army 1 060   1 180   980 960 840 960 p 900 p
      Royal Air Force 1 000   530   500 450 450 460   500 p
                       
Males: total 36 020 || 21 860   21 200 21 330 21 290 23 000 r,p 22 510 p
                       
   Officers: total 3 350 || 2 060   1 830 2 050 2 050 2 380 p 2 480 p
      Naval Service 760   560   440 460 480 450 p 530 p
      Army2 1 680 || 930   840 970 960 1 180 p 1 300 p
      Royal Air Force 920   560   550 620 610 750   650 p
                       
   Other ranks: total 32 670   19 800   19 370 19 280 19 240 20 610 p 20 040 p
      Naval Service 6 670   4 090   3 800 3 690 3 520 3 380 p 3 340 p
      Army 19 910   12 260   12 660 13 020 12 280 13 480 p 12 930 p
      Royal Air Force 6 090   3 460   2 920 2 570 3 440 3 760   3 760 p
                       
Females as a percentage of total 7.8 || 10.2   9.4 8.9 8.5 8.6 p 8.8 p
                       
   Officers: total 9.7 || 9.9   10.6 11.0 10.7 11.0 p 12.3 p
      Naval Service 5.1   10.3   7.2 9.9 8.0 9.8 p 8.3 p
      Army2 9.9 || 10.1   11.6 11.6 10.7 10.8 p 13.0 p
      Royal Air Force 12.8   9.3   11.4 11.0 12.6 12.0   13.8 p
                       
   Other ranks: total 7.6   10.3   9.3 8.7 8.3 8.3 p 8.4 p
      Naval Service 8.7   12.0   11.8 10.6 11.2 11.6 p 11.2 p
      Army 5.0   8.8   7.2 6.8 6.4 6.7 p 6.5 p
      Royal Air Force 14.2   13.3   14.5 14.9 11.6 10.9   11.8 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 promotions to officer from other ranks or flows between Services.
2.    From 1997/98, Army officer outflow figures include miscellaneous outflow.
 
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.