Contents
Tables marked as NS are National Statistics. Those without are outside the scope of National Statistics.
Details are provided above individual tables.

CHAPTER 1 - FINANCE
Introduction & Key Trends
Resource Accounting and Budgeting
Notes & Key Trends - Departmental Resources
Table 1.1Defence Expenditure OutturnNS
Table 1.2Public Expenditure by Departmental GroupingNS
Table 1.3Principal Headings of Defence Expenditure Outturn (Resource basis)NS
Table 1.4Estimated MOD Equipment Expenditure
Table 1.5MOD Resources by Budgetary AreasNS
Table 1.6MOD Resources by Departmental Aims & ObjectivesNS
Table 1.7MOD Fixed Assets: 2008/09NS
Table 1.8MOD Research & Development Expenditure OutturnNS
Notes and Key Trends - Industry and Employment
Table 1.9Estimated Defence Expenditure Outturn in the UK: Breakdown by Industry GroupNS
Chart to 1.9Change in UK Defence Spending By Industry Group: 2003/04 - 2007/08NS
Table 1.10Estimated UK Employment Dependent on MOD Expenditure and Defence Exports
Table 1.11Estimated UK Regional Direct Employment Dependent on MOD Expenditure
Table 1.11aEstimated UK Regional Direct Employment Dependent on MOD Equipment Expenditure
Table 1.11bEstimated UK Regional Direct Employment Dependent on MOD Non Equipment Expenditure
Table 1.12MOD Payments on Private Finance Initiative (PFI) Projects: 2008/2009NS
Table 1.12a PFI Projects with Planned MOD Unitary Charge Payments over £25 million: 2009/10 NS
Notes and Key Trends - Trade
Table 1.13Estimates of Identified Export Orders: Defence Equipment & Services
Table 1.14Ministry of Defence Estimated Balance of Payments for Trade in Services
Notes and Key Trends - Defence Contracts
Table 1.15Contracts Placed: By TypeNS
Table 1.16 Major Equipment ProjectsNS
Table 1.17 Organisations paid £5 million or more by the Ministry of Defence in 2008/09 NS
Table 1.17a Private Sector Companies paid £50 million or more by the Ministry of Defence in 2008/09: By Holding Company NS
Notes and Key Trends - International Defence
Table 1.18 MOD Operations and Peacekeeping CostsNS
Table 1.19 NATO Countries' Defence Expenditure 2004 - 2008
Table 1.20 NATO Countries' Defence Expenditure as % of GDP 2004 - 2008
Table 1.21 Top Worldwide Military Spenders: 2008
CHAPTER 2 - PERSONNEL
Introduction
Table 2.1Recent trends in Service and civilian personnel strengths, at 1 April each yearNS
Table 2.2 Location of Service and civilian personnel in the United KingdomNS
Table 2.3 Global locations of Service and civilian personnel at 1 April each yearNS
Table 2.4 Strength of locally entered personnel, including Gurkhas by global location, at 1 April each yearNS
Armed Forces personnel key points and trends
Table 2.5 Strength of UK Regular Forces by Service, and whether trained or untrained, at 1 April each yearNS
Chart to 2.5 Percentage change in UK Regular Forces compared with 1 April 1990 NS
Table 2.6 Strength of UK Regular Forces by age and rank at 1 April each yearNS
Table 2.7 Full-time trained strength and requirement at 1 April each year NS
Table 2.8 Strength of UK Regular Forces by Service, ethnic origin and rank at 1 April 2008NS
Table 2.9 Strength of UK Regular Forces by ethnic origin and rank at 1 April each yearNS
Table 2.10 Strength of UK Regular Forces by Service and ethnic origin at 1 April each year NS
Table 2.11 Strength of UK Regular Forces by sex and rank at 1 April each year NS
Table 2.12 Strength of UK Regular Forces by sex and Service, at 1 April each year NS
Table 2.13 Strength of UK Regular Forces by Service and religion at 1 April each year NS
Table 2.14Strength of the Trained UK Regular Forces by Service and nationality at 1 April each year NS
Table 2.15 Strength of the Reserve Forces at 1 April each yearNS
Table 2.16 Strength of the cadet forces at 1 April each yearNS
Table 2.17 Intake to UK Regular Forces from civil life by Service and sexNS
Table 2.18 Intake to untrained strength of UK Regular Forces by Service and ethnic originNS
Table 2.19 Intake to untrained strength of UK Regular Forces by Service and sexNS
Table 2.20 Gains to trained strength of UK Regular Forces by ServiceNS
Table 2.21 Outflow from UK Regular Forces by Service and whether trained or untrainedNS
Charts to 2.17 & 2.21 Intake and Outflow of UK Regular ForcesNS
Table 2.22 Outflow from trained UK Regular Forces by Service and ethnic origin NS
Table 2.23 Outflow from UK Regular Forces by sex and Service NS
Table 2.24 UK Regular Forces salaries: illustrative rates and indices (1990/91=100) NS
Chart to 2.24 UK Regular Forces salaries: illustrative rates and indices NS
Table 2.25 NATO Rank Codes and UK Service Ranks
Civilian Personnel - Key Points and Trends
Table 2.26Civilian personnel, at 1 April each yearNS
Table 2.27Civilian personnel by budgetary area, at 1 April 2009
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Table 2.28Civilian Personnel in UK Defence Agencies and MOD-owned Trading Funds, at 1 April 2009NS
Table 2.29Civilian personnel by budgetary area and grade equivalent, at 1 April each yearNS
Table 2.30Strength of civilian personnel by ethnic origin and grade, at 1 April each yearNS
Table 2.31Strength of civilian personnel by sex, grade and whether full or part-time, at 1 April each yearNS
Table 2.32Intake and outflow of Civilian personnelNS
Table 2.33Intake and outflow of UK based civilian personnel by ethnic origin and broad gradeNS
Table 2.34Intake of civilian personnel by sex, grade and whether full or part-timeNS
Table 2.35Outflow of civilian personnel, by sex, grade and whether full or part-timeNS
Table 2.36Number of civilian personnel by disability status, and grade, at 1 April 2009NS
Table 2.37 Age profile of civilian personnel by industrial status and sex, at 1 April 2009NS
Compensation Claims Introduction
Table 2.38New claims and settled claims by broad category in each year
Table 2.39New claims and settled claims by broad cause in each year
Table 2.40Manpower holdings and ceilings by member country within the scope of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty at 1 January 2009
CHAPTER 3 - HEALTH
Introduction
 
Deaths in the UK Armed Forces
 
Table 3.1 Deaths in the UK Regular Armed Forces: by year of occurrence and Service, numbers, age and gender standardised rates and Standardised Mortality Ratios, 1999-2008 NS
Table 3.2Deaths in the UK Regular Armed Forces: by year of occurrence and cause, numbers, 1999-2008 NS
Table 3.3Deaths in the UK Regular Armed Forces: by year of occurrence and cause, age and gender standardised rates, 1999-2008NS
Table 3.4Deaths in the UK Regular Armed Forces: by year of occurrence and cause, standardised mortality ratio, 1999-2008NS
 
Suicide and Open Verdict Deaths Among the UK Regular Armed Forces
 
Table 3.5 Suicide and open verdict and awaiting verdict deaths in the UK Regular Armed Forces: by Service and gender, numbers, 1984 - 2008NS
Table 3.6Suicide and open verdict deaths in the UK Regular Armed Forces: Numbers and Standardised Mortality Ratios, 1984 - 2008, males only NS
 
UK Gulf Veterans Mortality
 
Table 3.7Deaths among UK Gulf 1 Veterans by cause, numbers and rate ratios, 1 April 1991 - 31 December 2008 NS
Chart to 3.7 Deaths among UK Gulf 1 Veterans by cause, numbers and rate ratios, 1 April 1991 - 31 December 2008 NS
Table 3.8Number of UK Armed Forces and Civilian Operational Fatalities
Table 3.9Number of UK Armed Forces and Civilian Operational Casualties
 
Psychiatric Morbidity
 
Table 3.10New attendees assessed with a mental disorder at the MOD’s Departments of Community Mental Health: numbers and rates by demographic and military characteristics, 2007 and 2008
Table 3.11Mental disorder initial assessments for all new cases seen at a Departments of Community Mental Health: numbers and rates, by year and ICD-10 classification, 2007 and 2008
Table 3.12Initial mental disorder assessments for all new cases seen at a Department of Community Mental Health: numbers and rate ratios, by deployment and ICD-10 classification, 2008 
Table 3.13 Medical Discharges for regular UK Naval Service Personnel by principal cause code group, numbers, 2004 - 2008  
Table 3.14Medical Discharges for regular UK Army Personnel by principal cause code group, numbers, 2004 - 2008  
Table 3.15Medical Discharges for regular UK RAF Personnel by principal cause code group, numbers, 2004 - 2008  
Table 3.16 Number of UK Armed Forces and MOD civilian work related fatalities: by year of occurrence and type of incident, 1999-2008  
Table 3.17Number of on-duty work place incidents of UK Armed Forces personnel and Civilians resulting in injury-related deaths: by year of occurrence and cause, 1999-2008  
Table 3.18Major Injuries and Illnesses UK Armed Forces Personnel and Civilians: by year of occurrence and service, numbers and rates per 100,000, 1999-2008  
Table 3.19Serious Injuries and Illnesses UK Armed Forces Personnel and Civilians: by year of occurrence and service, numbers and rates per 100,000, 1999-2008  
Chart to 3.18 & 3.19 Major and Serious Injuries and Illnesses UK Armed Forces Personnel and Civilians: by year of occurrence and service, rates per 100,000, 1999-2008  
Table 3.20 Number of working days lost per year due to sickness of civilian personnel, by ICD Code and industrial/non-industrial marker NS
 
War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme
 
Table 3.21Number of War Pensions in payment by type of pension, as at 31 March each year NS
Chart to 3.21 Average weekly amount of Disablement Pension (entitlement) - as at 31 March 2009
 
Table 3.22 Number of claims registered by claim type and financial year under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme  
Table 3.23Number of claim outcomes by claim type and financial year under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme  
Table 3.24Number of lump sums payments awarded by tariff of injury and financial year under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme  
CHAPTER 4 - FORMATIONS, VESSELS, AIRCRAFT AND VEHICLES OF THE ARMED FORCES
Introduction
Table 4.1Number of vessels in the Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary, and squadrons in the Fleet Air Arm at 1 April each yearNS
Table 4.2Number of Regiments, Infantry battalions & Major Headquarters, in the Regular & Territorial Army at 1 April each yearNS
Table 4.3Number of squadrons in the Royal Air Force and the Royal Auxiliary Air Force at 1 April each yearNS
Table 4.4Number of Regiments and Squadrons in selected Joint Units at 1 April each yearNS
Table 4.5 Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships and submarines that were operational or undergoing refit by class and base port at 1 April 2009NS
Table 4.6Militarily useful British-registered passenger and dry cargo merchant vessels by principal categories and sizes at 31 December each yearNS
Table 4.7Militarily useful British-registered merchant tankers, specialist and fishing vessels by principal categories and sizes at 31 December each yearNS
Table 4.8Aircraft fleets by type of aircraft for the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm at 1 April each yearNS
Table 4.9Aircraft fleets by type of aircraft for the Royal Air Force Air Command including Operational Conversion Units and Training Aircraft at 1 April each yearNS
Table 4.10Aircraft fleets by type of aircraft in the Joint Helicopter Command and Joint Force Harrier at 1 April each yearNS
CFE Vehicles and Aircraft Introduction
Table 4.11Tanks and Artillery Holdings in the UK, Germany, Cyprus & Gibraltar within the scope of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty at 1 January each yearNS
Table 4.12Armoured Combat Vehicle Holdings in the UK, Germany, Cyprus & Gibraltar within the scope of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty at 1 January each yearNS
Table 4.13Aircraft Holdings in the UK, Germany, Cyprus & Gibraltar within the scope of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty at 1 January each yearNS
Table 4.14 Declared Tanks, Armoured Combat Vehicles & Artillery Holdings and Ceilings by country within the scope of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty at 1 January 2009NS
Table 4.15 Declared Attack Helicopters & Combat Aircraft Holdings & Ceilings by country within the scope of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty at 1 January 2009NS
CHAPTER 5 - MILITARY SEARCH AND RESCUE
Introduction
Table 5.1 Military Search and Rescue incidents, callouts and people moved: 1998 - 2008NS
Table 5.2 Callouts and people moved by UK Military Search and Rescue units: 1998 - 2008NS
Table 5.3 Callouts and people moved by UK Military Search and Rescue units by type of assistance: 1998 - 2008NS
Table 5.4 Callouts and people moved by UK Military Search and Rescue units in each region: 1998 - 2008NS
Table 5.5 Map of UK Military Search and Rescue callouts: 2008
CHAPTER 6 - LAND HOLDINGS AND BUILDINGS
Introduction
Table 6.1Land holdings by parent service area and whether owned, leased or with legal rights at 1 April each year in thousand hectaresNS
Table 6.2Land holdings by country and whether owned, leased or with legal rights at 1 April each year in thousand hectaresNS
Table 6.3Land holdings by type of use and whether owned, leased or with legal rights at 1 April each year in thousand hectaresNS
Charts to 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3 Analysis of land holdings, at 1 April 2009NS
Table 6.4Service family accommodation in the United Kingdom at 31 March each year in thousand of dwellingsNS
Table 6.5 Surveyed condition of Service family accommodation in the United Kingdom at 31 March each year in thousands of dwellings NS
CHAPTER 7 - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, MILITARY AID TO THE CVIL AUTHORITIES AND CONFLICT PREVENTION
Introduction
Sustainable Development in Defence
Table 7.1Waste recycled and reused by the Ministry of Defence  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions Background Notes
Table 7.2Ministry of Defence Carbon Dioxide Emissions  
Table 7.3Ministry of Defence Energy Consumption  
Table 7.4Ministry of Defence Water Consumption  
Table 7.5Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Target Condition  
Table 7.6Number of vessels boarded by the Royal Navy Fishery Protection Squadron within British fishing limits and convictions arising from these boardings each financial year NS
Table 7.7Military Aid to the Civil Power, to other Government Departments and to the Civil Community - examples of assistance provided NS
Table 7.8MOD support to the UK's Conflict Prevention Initiative: examples (excluding operations) of activities undertaken in 2008/09 NS