Chapter 2 - Personnel
                     
Table 2.22 Outflow1 from trained UK Regular Forces by Service and ethnic origin2
1997/98   2004/05 2005/06 2006/07   2007/08   2008/09  
                     
All Services 18 390   17 600 18 140 18 870 p 18 010 p 16 070 p
                     
  Officers3 2 040   1 970 2 080 2 310 p 2 340 p 2 120 p
     White 2 015 || 1 770 1 880 2 095 p 2 125 p 1 905 p
     Ethnic minorities 20 || 45 55 45 p 70 p 65 p
     Unknown4 5 || 150 140 170 p 145 p 150 p
                     
  Other ranks 16 350   15 640 16 070 16 560 p 15 670 p 13 950 p
     White 16 060 || 13 695 14 250 14 720 p 13 840 p 12 470 p
     Ethnic minorities 190 || 475 560 740 p 1 000 p 840 p
     Unknown4 100 || 1 465 1 260 1 095 p 835 p 640 p
                     
Naval Service
 4 060   3 590 3 300 3 200 p 3 110 p 3 250 p
                     
  Officers 500   420 430 400 p 460 p 410 p
     White 495 || 390 410 375 p 435 p 390 p
     Ethnic minorities 5 || ~ 5 10 p 10 p ~ p
     Unknown4 - || 25 15 15 p 15 p 20 p
                     
  Other ranks 3 560   3 170 2 870 2 800 p 2 660 p 2 840 p
     White 3 540 || 2 770 2 670 2 620 p 2 510 p 2 710 p
     Ethnic minorities 25 || 60 75 65 p 65 p 65 p
     Unknown4 - || 345 125 120 p 80 p 60 p
                     
Army
 10 210   10 740 10 500 10 930 p 10 470 p 9 350 p
                     
  Officers3 960   900 980 1 110 p 1 160 p 1 110 p
     White 950 || 805 875 1 005 p 1 060 p 995 p
     Ethnic minorities 5 || 25 25 20 p 35 p 55 p
     Unknown4 ~ || 75 80 85 p 65 p 65 p
                     
  Other ranks 9 250   9 840 9 520 9 820 p 9 310 p 8 240 p
     White 9 065 || 8 640 8 355 8 590 p 8 020 p 7 150 p
     Ethnic minorities 105 || 350 385 580 p 845 p 710 p
     Unknown4 80 || 850 785 645 p 445 p 385 p
                     
Royal Air Force 4 120   3 270 4 340 4 740   4 430 p 3 470 p
                     
  Officers 580   640 670 800   720 p 590 p
     White 575 || 575 595 710   630 p 515 p
     Ethnic minorities 5 || 20 25 15   25 p 10 p
     Unknown4 ~ || 50 45 75   65 p 65 p
                     
  Other ranks 3 540   2 630 3 670 3 930   3 710 p 2 880 p
     White 3 455 || 2 285 3 220 3 505   3 305 p 2 610 p
     Ethnic minorities 60 || 65 100 95   90 p 70 p
     Unknown4 20 || 270 350 335   310 p 195 p
 
Ethnic minorities as a percentage5 of total (excluding Unknown)
All personnel
 1.1 || 3.3 3.7 4.5 p 6.3 p 5.9 p
                     
  Officers 0.9 || 2.6 2.8 2.1 p 3.3 p 3.3 p
     Naval Service 1.2 || ~ 1.7 2.3 p 2.2 p ~ p
     Army3 0.6 || 3.0 2.7 2.0 p 3.3 p 5.0 p
     Royal Air Force 1.0 || 3.0 3.7 2.1   4.0 p 1.7 p
                     
  Other ranks 1.2 || 3.3 3.8 4.8 p 6.7 p 6.3 p
     Naval Service 0.7 || 2.1 2.7 2.4 p 2.5 p 2.3 p
     Army 1.1 || 3.9 4.4 6.3 p 9.5 p 9.0 p
     Royal Air Force 1.8 || 2.8 3.0 2.6   2.7 p 2.6 p
Source: DASA (Quad-Service)
UK Regular Forces includes all trained and untrained personnel. Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve personnel, and mobilised reservists are excluded.
Outflow from UK Regular Forces includes death and outflow to civil life including recalled reservists on release and outflow to the Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment, which was disbanded on 31 March 2008.
 
1. Outflow does not include promotions to officer from other ranks or flows between Services.
2. From 2002 onwards ethnicity classifications were changed in line with the 2001 census of population so that the new ethnicity classifications used in the
    2001 Census of Population could be used. These classifications are the basis of the figures from 2002 onwards.
3. Army officer outflow figures include miscellaneous outflow.
4. Includes those with an unrecorded ethnic origin and those who chose not to declare.
5. Percentages are calculated from unrounded data.
 
~ denotes fewer than 5 or a percentage based on fewer than 5
 
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.