Chapter 2 - Personnel
                                 
Table 2.29 Civilian personnel1 by budgetary area and grade equivalent2, at 1 April each year
Number: FTE
Grade2 1997     2004 3 2005   2006   2007     2008 4 2009
Civilian Level 0 133 330   || 109 050   108 470   103 380   97 690   || 89 500   86 620
  Senior Civil Service and Equivalent5 350     300   300   310   280     300   300
  Pay Band B 2 260     2 520   2 640   2 740   2 450     2 450   2 440
  Pay Band C 14 880     16 900   17 490   17 310   16 840     16 540   16 800
  Pay Band D 16 280     14 480   14 470   13 500   12 170     10 990   10 580
  Pay Band E 35 550     29 890   29 070   27 220   25 590     23 490   22 800
  Other non-industrial6 70     70   700   170   790     940   110
  Industrial 30 340     15 720   15 000   14 540   13 300     12 060   11 100
  Trading Fund Staff 15 530   || 11 440   10 780   10 700   10 060   || 9 210   9 630
  Royal Fleet Auxiliaries 2 210     2 310   2 350   2 340   2 360     2 270   2 300
  Locally engaged civilians7 15 860     15 430   15 660   14 540   13 840     11 240   10 550
                                 
Royal Navy Areas 22 310     5 990   5 710   5 290   5 230     4 600   4 640
  Pay Band C and above 3 180     750   690   640   580     500   510
  Pay Band D and below 9 310     2 160   1 890   1 700   1 640     1 260   1 280
  Other non-industrial6 20     -   60   -   30     30   -
  Industrial 7 580     760   730   610   620     540   550
  Royal Fleet Auxiliaries 2 210     2 310   2 350   2 340   2 360     2 270   2 300
Army Areas 36 240     20 280   19 920   18 650   17 960     17 180   16 490
  Pay Band C and above 4 260     3 560   3 690   3 590   3 340     3 290   3 420
  Pay Band D and below 18 110     11 090   10 730   9 830   8 930     8 390   8 370
  Other non-industrial6 20     10   40   30   400     520   80
  Industrial 13 850     5 620   5 450   5 200   5 300     4 970   4 630
Royal Air Force Areas 19 290     11 710   11 080   10 770   8 980     8 710   8 560
  Pay Band C and above 2 130     1 200   1 190   1 190   1 060     1 070   1 120
  Pay Band D and below 9 380     6 140   5 820   5 550   4 870     4 580   4 600
  Other non-industrial6 30     -   20   10   70     80   10
  Industrial 7 760     4 370   4 050   4 020   2 980     2 980   2 830
Defence Equipment & Support8 *     24 730   24 470   22 490   20 880     18 010   16 740
  Pay Band C and above *     8 760   9 150   8 970   8 710     8 430   8 520
  Pay Band D and below *     11 590   10 860   9 560   8 490     6 710   5 800
  Other non-industrial6 *     50   350   40   60     70   10
  Industrial *     4 340   4 110   3 920   3 620     2 790   2 400
Centre 24 100     19 400   20 790   20 720   20 530     20 260   19 890
  Pay Band C and above 7 910     5 410   5 680   5 860   5 760     5 930   5 900
  Pay Band D and below 15 030     13 370   14 230   13 990   13 760     13 440   13 290
  Other non-industrial6 -     10   220   80   240     230   10
  Industrial 1 160     620   670   790   780     660   680
Other9 -     60   60   210   190     290   130
  Pay Band C and above -     40   30   130   110     60   80
  Pay Band D and below -     10   20   80   80     100   40
  Other non-industrial6 -     -   -   10   -     10   10
  Industrial -     10   -   -   -     120   10
Source: DASA(Quad-Service)
1. Civilian Level 0 and Level 1 are defined in the Glossary.
2. Grade equivalent is shown in terms of the broader banding structure and is based on paid grade.
3. In 2001 the QinetiQ portion of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (8,000) was established as a private company.
4. At 1 April 2008 the Defence Aviation Repair Agency and the Army Base Repair Organisation merged to form the Defence Support Group and around 1,000     personnel transferred to the Vector Aerospace Corporation.
5. Includes about 50 personnel outside the Senior Civil Service but of equivalent grade.
6. Includes industrial staff on temporary promotion to non-industrial grades and staff for whom no grade information is available.
7. Locally engaged civilians and manuals cannot be split by budgetary area, so are only included in the Ministry of Defence total.
8. Defence Equipment & Support formed in 2007 by merging the Defence Logistics Organisation and Defence Procurement Agency. For consistency information     in this table has been merged across the series between 2002 and 2006.
9. Staff for whom no Top Level Budget (TLB) information is available are included in this section of the table.