Chapter 2 - Personnel
Table 2.31 Strength of civilian personnel1 by ethnic origin2 and grade3, at 1 April each year
Headcount
  1997     2003 4 2004   2005 2006 5 2007 5   2008 6
Civilian Level 01
 135 450 II   109 850   111 080   110 480 107 300 r 101 570 r || 93 670  
   
White
 65 930 II   64 160   66 000   69 150 70 210   67 450   || 63 250  
   
   Senior Civil Service and equivalent7
 300 II   250   270   260 270   240     250  
   Pay Band B
 1 970 II   1 970   2 010   2 140 2 300   2 080     2 080  
   Pay Band C
 12 740 II   12 390   13 090   13 750 14 180   14 020     13 790  
   Pay Band D
 13 320 II   11 010   11 220   11 600 11 490   10 520     9 530  
   Pay Band E
 29 600 II   22 840   22 870   23 020 23 360   22 430     20 690  
   Other non-industrial8,9
 - II   590   40   450 110   660     770  
   Industrial10
 - II   8 880   8 420   9 390 10 010   9 620     8 940  
   Trading Fund staff
 8 000 II   6 230   8 080   8 530 8 500   7 900   || 7 200  
   
                              
Ethnic Minorities
 1 340 II   1 960   1 980   2 010 2 080   2 060   || 2 020  
   
   Senior Civil Service and equivalent7
 10 II   10   10   10 10   -     -  
   Pay Band B
 40 II   50   50   50 50   50     60  
   Pay Band C
 160 II   300   310   350 380   400     410  
   Pay Band D
 220 II   330   340   350 380   340     320  
   Pay Band E
 760 II   880   880   840 890   880     850  
   Other non-industrial8,9
 - II   20   -   20 10   30     30  
   Industrial10
 - II   240   220   200 200   180     190  
   Trading Fund staff
 150 II   140   180   170 170   170   || 170  
   
                              
Unknown11
 68 190 II   43 730   43 100   39 320 35 000 r 32 070 r || 28 390  
   
   Senior Civil Service and equivalent7
 40 II   40   20   30 40   50     50  
   Pay Band B
 260 II   480   490   500 440   400     390  
   Pay Band C
 2 050 II   3 300   3 700   3 640 3 050   2 820     2 740  
   Pay Band D
 2 910 II   3 040   3 140   2 750 1 900   1 570     1 380  
   Pay Band E
 6 320 II   7 120   7 240   6 260 4 100   3 450     3 040  
   Other non-industrial8,9
 70 II   470   30   240 40   170     220  
   Industrial10
 30 880 II   6 990   7 400   5 660 4 600   3 790     3 190  
   Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA)
 2 210 II   2 450   2 310   2 350 2 340   2 360     2 270  
   Locally engaged civilians
 15 860 II   13 840   15 430   15 660 16 290 r 15 280 r   13 080  
   Trading Fund staff
 7 590 II   5 980   3 320   2 230 2 200   2 180   || 2 040  
   
                              
Ethnic minorities as a percentage of total excluding unknown
   
                              
All grades
 2.0 II   3.0   2.9   2.8 2.9   3.0   || 3.1  
   
                              
   Senior Civil Service and equivalent7
 3.5 II   3.1   2.2   2.2 2.5   - r   -  
   Pay Band B
 1.9 II   2.3   2.5   2.4 2.3   2.5     2.6  
   Pay Band C
 1.2 II   2.4   2.3   2.5 2.6   2.7     2.9  
   Pay Band D
 1.6 II   2.9   2.9   2.9 3.2   3.2     3.2  
   Pay Band E
 2.5 II   3.7   3.7   3.5 3.7   3.8     3.9  
   Other non-industrial8,9
 - II   2.7   - r 4.4 6.6   3.8     3.5  
   Industrial10
 - II   2.6   2.5   2.1 2.0   1.9     2.0  
   Trading Fund staff
 1.8 II   2.2   2.2   2.0 2.0   2.1   || 2.3  
Source: DASA(Quad-Service)

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

2.    Ethnic origin data are collected by self declaration and are thus based on self-perception.

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

4.    In 2001/02 a re-survey of civilian personnel was undertaken so that the new classifications used in the 2001 Census of Population could be used. In 2001 the QinetiQ portion of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (8,000) was established as a private company.

5.    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.

6.    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.

7.    The Senior Civil Service was formed in 1996. The totals include about 50 personnel outside the Senior Civil Service but of equivalent grade.

8.    1,040 firefighters who were shown as non-industrial in April 2004 have been reclassified to industrial grades.

9.    Includes industrial staff on temporary promotion to non-industrial grades.

10.  No ethnicity data are available for the industrial personnel before 2000.

11.  Those for whom there is no computerised record of their ethnic origin.