Chapter 2 - Personnel
                             
Table 2.23 Outflow1 from UK Regular Forces by Service and sex
1990/91   1997/98   2004/05   2005/06   2006/07   2007/08   2008/09  
Females: total 3 060 || 2 490   2 100   1 980   2 160 p 2 170 p 1 940 p
                             
  Officers: total 360 || 230   250   240   300 p 350 p 300 p
     Naval Service 40   60   50   40   50 p 50 p 50 p
     Army2 180 || 100   130   110   140 p 190 p 160 p
     Royal Air Force 140   60   80   90   100   100 p 90 p
                             
  Other ranks: total 2 700   2 260   1 840   1 730   1 870 p 1 830 p 1 640 p
     Naval Service 640   560   440   440   440 p 420 p 410 p
     Army 1 060   1 180   960   840   960 p 900 p 770 p
     Royal Air Force 1 000   530   450   450   460   500 p 460 p
                             
Males: total 36 020 || 21 860   21 330   21 290   23 000 p 22 510 p 19 940 p
                             
  Officers: total 3 350 || 2 060   2 050   2 050   2 380 p 2 480 p 2 140 p
     Naval Service 760   560   460   480   450 p 530 p 470 p
     Army2 1 680 || 930   970   960   1 180 p 1 300 p 1 120 p
     Royal Air Force 920   560   620   610   750   650 p 550 p
                             
   Other ranks: total 32 670   19 800   19 280   19 240   20 610 p 20 040 p 17 810 p
     Naval Service 6 670   4 090   3 690   3 520   3 380 p 3 340 p 3 500 p
     Army 19 910   12 260   13 020   12 280   13 480 p 12 930 p 11 090 p
     Royal Air Force 6 090   3 460   2 570   3 440   3 760   3 760 p 3 220 p
                             
Females as a percentage of total 7.8 || 10.2   8.9   8.5   8.6 p 8.8 p 8.8 p
                             
  Officers: total 9.7 || 9.9   11.0   10.7   11.0 p 12.3 p 12.2 p
     Naval Service 5.1   10.3   9.9   8.1   9.8 p 8.3 p 9.8 p
     Army2 9.9 || 10.1   11.6   10.7   10.8 p 13.0 p 12.2 p
     Royal Air Force 12.8   9.3   11.0   12.6   12.0   13.8 p 14.3 p
                             
 Other ranks: total 7.6   10.3   8.7   8.3   8.3 p 8.4 p 8.4 p
     Naval Service 8.7   12.0   10.6   11.2   11.6 p 11.2 p 10.4 p
     Army 5.0   8.8   6.8   6.4   6.7 p 6.5 p 6.5 p
     Royal Air Force 14.2   13.3   14.9   11.6   10.9   11.8 p 12.5 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. Does not include promotions to officer from other ranks or flows between Services.
2. From 1997/98, Army officer outflow figures include miscellaneous outflow.
 
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.