Chapter 2 - Personnel
Table 2.30 Civilian personnel1 by budgetary area and grade equivalent2, at 1 April each year
Number: FTE
Grade2
 1997     2003 3 2004   2005   2006 4 2007 4   2008 5
Civilian Level 0
 133 330   || 107 580   109 050   108 470   103 380 r 97 690 r || 89 500  
   Senior Civil Service and Equivalent6
 350     300   300   300   310   280     300  
   Pay Band B
 2 260     2 470   2 520   2 640   2 740   2 450     2 450  
   Pay Band C
 14 880     15 840   16 900   17 490   17 310   16 840     16 540  
   Pay Band D
 16 280     14 140   14 480   14 470   13 500   12 170     10 990  
   Pay Band E
 35 550     29 580   29 890   29 070   27 220   25 590     23 490  
   Other non-industrial7
 70     1 010   70   700   170   790     940  
   Industrial
 30 340     15 750   15 720   15 000   14 540   13 300     12 060  
   Trading Fund staff
 15 530   || 12 200   11 440   10 780   10 700   10 060   || 9 210  
   Royal Fleet Auxiliaries
 2 210     2 450   2 310   2 350   2 340   2 360     2 270  
   Locally engaged civilians8
 15 860     13 840   15 430   15 660   14 540 r 13 840 r   11 240  
                               
Royal Navy areas
 22 310     5 990   5 990   5 710   5 290   5 230     4 600  
   Pay Band C and above
 3 180     620   750   690   640   580     500  
   Pay Band D and below
 9 310     2 100   2 160   1 890   1 700   1 640     1 260  
   Other non-industrial7
 20     20   -   60   -   30     30  
   Industrial
 7 580     790   760   730   610   620     540  
   Royal Fleet Auxiliaries
 2 210     2 450   2 310   2 350   2 340   2 360     2 270  
Army areas
 36 240     21 470   20 280   19 920   18 650   17 960     17 180  
   Pay Band C and above
 4 260     3 290   3 560   3 690   3 590   3 340     3 290  
   Pay Band D and below
 18 110     12 360   11 090   10 730   9 830   8 930     8 390  
   Other non-industrial7
 20     370   10   40   30   400     520  
   Industrial
 13 850     5 440   5 620   5 450   5 200   5 300     4 970  
Royal Air Force areas
 19 290     11 390   11 710   11 080   10 770   8 980     8 710  
   Pay Band C and above
 2 130     1 130   1 200   1 190   1 190   1 060     1 070  
   Pay Band D and below
 9 380     5 720   6 140   5 820   5 550   4 870     4 580  
   Other non-industrial7
 30     170   -   20   10   70     80  
   Industrial
 7 760     4 370   4 370   4 050   4 020   2 980     2 980  
Defence Equipment & Support9
 *     24 580   24 730   24 470   22 490   20 880     18 010  
   Pay Band C and above
 *     8 240   8 760   9 150   8 970   8 710     8 430  
   Pay Band D and below
 *     11 710   11 590   10 860   9 560   8 490     6 710  
   Other non-industrial7
 *     200   50   350   40   60     70  
   Industrial
 *     4 430   4 340   4 110   3 920   3 620     2 790  
Centre
 24 100     18 020   19 400   20 790   20 720   20 530     20 260  
   Pay Band C and above
 7 910     5 280   5 410   5 680   5 860   5 760     5 930  
   Pay Band D and below
 15 030     11 830   13 370   14 230   13 990   13 760     13 440  
   Other non-industrial7
 -     210   10   220   80   240     230  
   Industrial
 1 160     710   620   670   790   780     660  
Other10
 -     90   60   60   210   190     290  
   Pay Band C and above
 -     40   40   30   130   110     60  
   Pay Band D and below
 -     10   10   20   80   80     100  
   Other non-industrial7
 -     40   -   -   10   -     10  
   Industrial
 -     -   10   -   -   -     120  
Source: DASA(Quad-Service)

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

2.    Grade equivalent is shown in terms of the broader banding structure and is based on paid grade.

3.    In 2001 the QinetiQ portion of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (8,000) was established as a private company.

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.    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.    Includes about 50 personnel outside the Senior Civil Service but of equivalent grade.

7.    Includes industrial staff on temporary promotion to non-industrial grades and staff for whom no grade information is available.

8.    Locally engaged civilians cannot be split by budgetary area, so are only included in the Ministry of Defence total.

9.    Defence Equipment & Support formed in 2007 by merging the Defence Logistics Organisation and Defence Procurement Agency. For consistency, information in this table has been merged across the series between 2002 and 2006.

10.  Staff for whom no Top Level Budget (TLB) information is available are included in this section of the table.