Chapter 2 - Personnel
                                     
Table 2.29 Civilian personnel1, at 1 April each year
Thousands: FTE
  1993   1997 2   2003   2004 3 2005   2006 4 2007 4   2008
Civilian Level 05 159.6   || 133.3   || 107.6   109.0   108.5   103.4 r 97.7 r || 89.5
  Civilian Level 1 132.7   || 101.9     81.5   82.2   82.0   78.1   73.8     69.0
  Trading Funds5 -   || 15.5   || 12.2   11.4   10.8   10.7   10.1   || 9.2
  Locally engaged civilians 26.8   || 15.9     13.8   15.4   15.7   14.5 r 13.8 r   11.2
                                     
Civilian Level 1 - Permanent 128.1   || 96.6     77.9   78.8   78.6   74.7   70.5     66.0
  Non-industrial 86.3   || 67.4     62.5   63.4   63.8   60.5   57.5     54.3
  Industrial 41.8   || 29.2     15.4   15.5   14.7   14.2   13.0     11.7
Civilian Level 1 - Casual6 2.4   || 3.1     1.2   1.0   1.1   1.1   0.9     0.8
  Non-industrial 1.4   || 2.0     0.8   0.8   0.8   0.8   0.6     0.4
  Industrial 1.0   || 1.1     0.4   0.3   0.3   0.3   0.3     0.4
Civilian Level 1 - RFA 2.2   || 2.2     2.5   2.3   2.3   2.3   2.4     2.3
                                     
Trading Funds5 -   || 15.5   || 12.2   11.4   10.8   10.7   10.1   || 9.2
  Permanent5 -   || 15.2   || 12.0   11.3   10.7   10.6   9.9   || 9.1
  Casual5 -   || 0.3   || 0.2   0.1   0.1   0.1   0.1   || 0.1
                                     
Locally engaged civilians 26.8   || 15.9     13.8   15.4   15.7   14.5 r 13.8 r   11.2
Source: DASA(Quad-Service)

1.    Civilian Level 0 and Level 1 are defined in the Glossary.

2.    From 1 April 1995 the method of counting part-time staff changed to reflect the actual hours worked (about 60 per cent of full-time hours, on average) rather than the notional 50 per cent used previously. Figures from 1996 onwards include locally employed dependents of Service personnel.

3.    During 2004/05, 1,040 firefighters who were shown as non-industrial at April 2004 were reclassified to industrial.

4.    LEC figures for April 2006 and 2007 have been revised due to the availability of more accurate data for those personnel based in Brunei and in the CJO TLB.

5.    The following changes have affected the continuity of the civilian data: removal of GCHQ personnel from April 1994 and the contractorisation of the Atomic Weapons Establishment (6,000) in 1993. In 2001 the QinetiQ portion of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (8,000) was established as a private company. At 1 April 2008 the Defence Aviation Repair Agency and the Army Based Repair Organisation merged to form the Defence Support Group and around 1,000 personnel transferred to the Vector Aerospace Corporation.

6.    Casual staff are usually engaged for less than 12 months.