Chapter 2 - Personnel
                                 
Table 2.4 Strength of locally entered personnel1 including Gurkhas by global location, at 1 April each
                     year
Number: FTE
    1990     1997     2004 2005 2006 2007 2 2008   2009  
Total
   40 160   || 20 190     19 510 19 740 18 560 17 940   15 480 p 14 820 p
                                 
        Naval Service
   310     190     - - - -   -   -  
        Army
   8 710     4 140     4 080 4 080 4 010 4 100   4 240 p 4 270 p
            of which Gurkhas
   ..     3 760     3 720 3 690 3 660 3 710   3 860 p 3 860 p
        Royal Air Force
   -     -     - - - -   -   -  
        Civilian
   31 140   || 15 860     15 430 15 660 14 540 13 840   11 240   10 550  
 
    by location                                
    United Kingdom
                                
        Army
   1 300     2 000     2 550 2 520 2 550 2 770   3 020 p 3 160 p
            of which Gurkhas
   ..     2 000     2 550 2 520 2 550 2 770   3 020 p 3 160 p
    Continental Europe
                                
        Civilian
   23 290     10 790     8 290 8 050 7 040 7 210   6 350   6 060  
    Mediterranean
                                
      Gibraltar
                                
        Army3
   70     350     360 390 350 400   380 p 410 p
        Civilian
   1 530     1 130     1 140 1 040 940 1 130   700   670  
      Malta
                                
        Civilian
   10     -     - - - -   -   -  
      Cyprus
                                
        Civilian
   2 460   || 2 660     2 510 2 430 2 870 1 960   1 550   1 350  
    Far East
                                
      Hong Kong
                                
        Naval Service
   310     190     - - - -   -   -  
        Army
   5 310     140     - - - -   -   -  
            of which Gurkhas
   ..     120     - - - -   -   -  
        Civilian
   2 630     190     - - - -   -   -  
      Brunei
                                
        Army
   840     780     730 770 800 840   790 p 650 p
            of which Gurkhas
   ..     780     730 770 800 840   790 p 650 p
        Civilian
   200     230     300 300 290 290   290   280  
      Nepal4
                                
        Army
   1 190     860     440 400 300 90   40 p 40 p
            of which Gurkhas
   ..     860     440 400 300 90   40 p 40 p
        Civilian
 } 290 {   300     370 370 360 360   360   340  
      Elsewhere
                          
        Civilian
   40     20 20 40 40   40   40  
    Other areas
                                
      Falkland Islands
                                
        Army
   -     -     - - 10 10   - p - p
            of which Gurkhas
   ..     -     - - 10 10   - p - p
      Elsewhere
                                
        Civilian5
   730     530     2 790 3 440 2 990 2 850   1 950   1 820  
Source: DASA(Quad-Service)
1. Locally employed civilians are locally employed by the department on overseas sites and are covered by local employment contracts and not by UK legislation.
2. Due to the introduction of the Joint Personnel Administration system, locally entered Service personnel figures by location for 1 April 2007 are not available
    and therefore shown as at 1 March 2007.
3. Gibraltar Army figures comprise the Gibraltar Permanent Cadre and Gibraltar Volunteer Reserve.
4. In March 2007 Gurkha terms and conditions of service were changed, and, among other things, this involved replacing Nepal Long Leave (five months' unpaid
    leave every three years) with the same leave entitlement as UK Regular soldiers (30 days paid leave each year). As a result, the number of Gurkhas
    recorded as being in Nepal is lower from 1 April 2007 onwards than in previous years.
5. The increase in 2004 reflects the engagement of local personnel in Iraq.
 
Due to ongoing validation of data from the Joint Personnel Administration System, Service strength statistics from 1 April 2008 onwards are provisional and subject to review.