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| Chapter 2 - Personnel |
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| Table 2.1 Recent trends in Service and civilian personnel1 strengths at 1 April
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487.3 |
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322.4 |
315.3 |
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215.1 |
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213.3 |
206.9 |
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305.8 |
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210.8 |
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207.0 |
201.1 |
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190.4 |
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187.1 |
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188.4 |
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Gurkhas4 |
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109.0 |
108.5 |
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| Royal Irish (Home Service)5 |
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6.2 |
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4.8 |
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| Source: DASA (Quad-Service) |
| 1. Civilian Level 0 and Level 1 are defined in the Glossary. |
2. Data using the definition of civilians updated in April 2004 are not available for 1990 - figures are as published in UK Defence Statistics 1990. The 1990 figure
excludes casual staff and those not directly funded by the MOD. |
3. 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 Base Repair Organisation merged to form the Defence Support Group and
around 1,000 personnel transferred to the Vector Aerospace Corporation. |
| 4. Gurkhas are included in the locally entered service personnel figures until 1997 after which they are shown separately. |
| 5. The Home Service of the Royal Irish Regiment was officially disbanded on 31 March 2008. |
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| Due to ongoing validation of data from the Joint Personnel Administration System, Service strength statistics for 1 April 2007 onwards are provisional and subject to review. |
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Introduction