Chapter 2 - Personnel
                     
Table 2.20 Gains to trained strength1 of UK Regular Forces by Service
2004/05   2005/06   2006/07   2007/08   2008/09  
All Services 16 780   14 780   14 670 p 15 500 p 17 590 p
                     
   Officers: total 2 020   1 840   1 990 p 1 790 p 2 010 p
     Naval Service 410   370   430 p 300 p 460 p
     Army 1 050   1 090   1 160 p 1 040 p 1 070 p
     Royal Air Force 550   380   400   440 p 480 p
                     
  Other ranks: total 14 760   12 940   12 670 p 13 700 p 15 580 p
     Naval Service 2 310   2 470   2 320 p 3 270 p 2 980 p
     Army 9 580   8 610   9 350 p 9 260 p 10 310 p
     Royal Air Force 2 870   1 860   1 010   1 170 p 2 280 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. Gains to Trained Strength (GTS) represent those who are added to the trained strength, usually having just completed their training and thus transferring from
    the untrained strength. However, because of the nature of the data we draw from, this has had to be inferred by adding trained outflow to the net change in
    trained strength. Personnel who have transferred from the untrained to trained strength and back again (or vice versa) within each quarter are excluded.
    Direct entries to the trained strength are included in GTS, such as trained re-entrants, professionally qualified officers (PQO) and certain FTRS in regular
    posts.
 
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.