Chapter 2 - Personnel
                         
Table 2.19 Intake to untrained strength of UK Regular Forces by Service and sex
 
1997/98   2004/05   2005/06   2006/07   2007/08   2008/09  
Females: total 3 280   1 810   1 660   1 880 p 2 070 p 2 130 p
                         
  Officers: total 360   280   270   280 p 330 p 330 p
     Naval Service 80   80   60   50 p 50 p 50 p
     Army 160   100   100   140 p 170 p 140 p
     Royal Air Force 120   100   110   100   100 p 140 p
                         
  Other ranks: total 2 920   1 530   1 390   1 590 p 1 750 p 1 800 p
     Naval Service 560   380   390   410 p 420 p 380 p
     Army 1 780   710   800   920 p 930 p 850 p
     Royal Air Force 590   440   190   270   400 p 570 p
                         
Males: total 19 650   15 390   16 150   17 380 p 18 840 p 20 490 p
                         
  Officers: total 1 540   1 230   1 330   1 350 p 1 580 p 1 620 p
     Naval Service 380   390   380   350 p 370 p 330 p
     Army 720   580   630   670 p 820 p 750 p
     Royal Air Force 440   260   310   330   390 p 540 p
                         
  Other ranks: total 18 110   14 160   14 820   16 040 p 17 260 p 18 870 p
     Naval Service 3 650   2 810   3 040   2 970 p 3 160 p 3 450 p
     Army 11 930   9 910   10 820   11 970 p 11 910 p 12 100 p
     Royal Air Force 2 540   1 440   960   1 090   2 180 p 3 320 p
                         
Females as a percentage of total1 14.3   10.5   9.3   9.7 p 9.9 p 9.4 p
                         
  Officers: total 18.8   18.5   17.1   17.4 p 17.1 p 16.7 p
     Naval Service 17.2   16.1   12.9   12.5 p 12.9 p 12.2 p
     Army 17.8   14.6   14.0   17.1 p 17.2 p 15.7 p
     Royal Air Force 21.6   28.8   26.8   22.6   20.4 p 20.6 p
                         
  Other ranks: total 13.9   9.8   8.6   9.0 p 9.2 p 8.7 p
     Naval Service 13.2   11.9   11.5   12.1 p 11.7 p 9.9 p
     Army 13.0   6.7   6.9   7.1 p 7.2 p 6.6 p
     Royal Air Force 18.9   23.3   16.8   19.7   15.4 p 14.7 p
Source: DASA (Quad-Service)
UK Regular Forces comprises all trained and untrained personnel. It excludes Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve personnel, and mobilised reservists.
1. Percentages are calculated from unrounded data.
 
Due to ongoing validation of data from the Joint Personnel Administration System, all Naval Service and Army flow statistics for financial year 06/07 onwards and all RAF flow statistics for financial year 07/08 onwards are provisional and subject to review.