UKDS 2009 - Chapter 2

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Chapter 2 - Personnel


Table 2.5 Strength of UK Regular Forces by Service, and whether trained or untrained, at 1 April each year
Thousands
	1990	1997	2004	2005	2006	2007		2008		2009
All Services	305.8	210.8	207.0	201.1	195.9	190.4	p	187.1	p	188.4	p

Officers	42.9	32.7	33.4	33.0	32.7	32.1	p	31.7	p	31.7	p
Other Ranks	262.9	178.1	173.6	168.1	163.2	158.3	p	155.3	p	156.7	p

Trained	277.6	193.6	184.6	182.8	178.3	172.9	p	168.6	p	168.2	p
Officers	37.9	29.8	29.9	29.9	29.7	29.3	p	28.8	p	28.6	p
Other Ranks	239.6	163.9	154.7	152.9	148.6	143.6	p	139.9	p	139.6	p

Untrained	28.2	17.2	22.4	18.3	17.5	17.5	p	18.4	p	20.1	p
Officers	4.9	2.9	3.6	3.1	3.0	2.8	p	3.0	p	3.1	p
Other Ranks	23.2	14.3	18.8	15.2	14.5	14.7	p	15.5	p	17.1	p

Naval Service	63.3	45.1	40.9	39.9	39.4	38.9		38.6	p	38.3	p

of which: Royal Marines	7.5	6.7	7.2	7.3	7.4	7.5		7.7	p	7.8	p

Officers	10.1	7.9	7.8	7.7	7.7	7.6		7.5	p	7.4	p
of which: Royal Marines	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8		0.8	p	0.8	p
Other Ranks	53.1	37.2	33.1	32.2	31.7	31.3		31.1	p	30.9	p
of which: Royal Marines	6.9	6.0	6.5	6.6	6.7	6.7		6.9	p	7.0	p

Trained	56.7	41.7	36.4	35.5	34.9	34.3		34.5	p	34.4	p
Officers	8.3	7.0	6.7	6.7	6.6	6.7		6.5	p	6.5	p
Other Ranks	48.4	34.7	29.7	28.8	28.3	27.7		28.0	p	27.9	p

Untrained	6.6	3.5	4.5	4.4	4.5	4.5		4.0	p	3.9	p
Officers	1.9	1.0	1.1	1.0	1.0	0.9		1.0	p	0.9	p
Other Ranks	4.7	2.5	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.6		3.0	p	3.0	p

Army	152.8	108.8	112.7	109.3	107.7	106.2	p	105.1	p	106.5	p

Officers	17.4	13.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.6	p	14.6	p	14.5	p
Other Ranks	135.4	95.1	98.0	94.6	93.0	91.5	p	90.5	p	92.0	p

Trained	137.4	97.8	99.4	98.5	96.8	95.4	p	93.8	p	94.6	p
Officers	16.2	12.7	13.5	13.6	13.8	13.8	p	13.7	p	13.6	p
Other Ranks	121.2	85.0	85.9	84.9	83.0	81.6	p	80.2	p	81.0	p

Untrained	15.4	11.1	13.3	10.8	10.9	10.8	p	11.3	p	11.9	p
Officers	1.2	1.0	1.2	1.0	1.0	0.8	p	0.9	p	0.9	p
Other Ranks	14.2	10.1	12.1	9.8	10.0	10.0	p	10.4	p	11.0	p

Royal Air Force	89.7	56.9	53.4	51.9	48.7	45.4		43.4	p	43.6	p

Officers	15.3	11.0	11.0	10.6	10.3	9.9		9.7	p	9.8	p
Other Ranks	74.4	45.8	42.4	41.2	38.4	35.5		33.7	p	33.8	p

Trained	83.5	54.2	48.7	48.8	46.6	43.2		40.3	p	39.3	p
Officers	13.4	10.1	9.7	9.6	9.3	8.9		8.6	p	8.5	p
Other Ranks	70.1	44.1	39.1	39.3	37.3	34.3		31.7	p	30.8	p

Untrained	6.2	2.7	4.7	3.0	2.1	2.2		3.1	p	4.3	p
Officers	1.9	1.0	1.3	1.0	1.0	1.0		1.1	p	1.3	p
Other Ranks	4.3	1.7	3.4	2.0	1.1	1.1		2.1	p	3.0	p
Source: DASA (Quad-Service)
UK Regular Forces comprises all trained and untrained personnel. It excludes Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve personnel, and mobilised reservists.

Due to ongoing validation of data from the Joint Personnel Administration System, Army strength statistics from 1 April 2007 onwards, and Naval Service and RAF strength statistics from 1 April 2008 onwards, are provisional and subject to review.