Civilian Personnel Key Points and Trends

General

• The number of Level 0 civilian personnel fell by 2,880 (3.2 per cent) FTE between 1 April 2008 and 1 April 2009 from 89,500 to 86,620 (see Table 2.29). This net change comprised falls of 2,610 in the Level 1 civilian total and 690 in locally engaged civilians and an increase of 420 in the Trading Funds.

Location

• The number of civilian personnel employed in the United Kingdom fell by 2,270 (3.1 per cent) FTE between 1 April 2008 and 1 April 2009 from 72,890 to 70,620 (see Table 2.3).

Diversity

• ethnic minorities (with known ethnic status) increased from 3.1 per cent to 3.2 per cent (see Table 2.30).
• disabled personnel (with known disability status) increased from 5.5 per cent to 6.3 per cent.
• female personnel increased from 36.4 per cent to 36.6 per cent (excluding Royal Fleet Auxiliary and locally engaged civilian personnel).
• personnel working part-time hours increased from 9.5 per cent to 9.7 per cent (excluding Royal Fleet Auxiliary and locally engaged civilian personnel).

• personnel aged 50 or above was 29,900 (39.3 per cent) (excluding Royal Fleet Auxiliary and locally engaged civilian personnel). This compares to 38.1 per cent at 1 April 2008.

Intake / Outflow

• Inflow was 5,080 compared with an outflow of 7,340 (excluding Royal Fleet Auxiliary and locally engaged civilian personnel) (see Table 2.32).