Chapter 2 - Personnel
                                     
Table 2.30 Strength of civilian personnel1 by ethnic origin2 and grade3, at 1 April each year
Headcount
    1997       2004 4 2005   2006   2007     2008 5 2009  
Civilian Level 01
 135 450   ||   111 080   110 480   107 300   101 570   || 93 670   90 630  
                                     
   White
 65 930   ||   66 000   69 150   70 210   67 450   || 63 250   62 360  
      Senior Civil Service and equivalent6
 300   ||   270   260   270   240     250   260  
      Pay Band B
 1 970   ||   2 010   2 140   2 300   2 080     2 080   2 080  
      Pay Band C
 12 740   ||   13 090   13 750   14 180   14 020     13 790   14 130  
      Pay Band D
 13 320   ||   11 220   11 600   11 490   10 520     9 530   9 290  
      Pay Band E
 29 600   ||   22 870   23 020   23 360   22 430     20 690   20 440  
      Other non-industrial7,8
 -   ||   40   450   110   660     770   80  
      Industrial9
 ..   ||   8 420   9 390   10 010   9 620     8 940   8 740  
      Trading Fund staff
 8 000   ||   8 080   8 530   8 500   7 900   || 7 200   7 340  
                                     
   Ethnic Minorities
 1 340   ||   1 980   2 010   2 080   2 060   || 2 020   2 030  
                                     
      Senior Civil Service and equivalent6
 10   ||   10   10   10   -     -   -  
      Pay Band B
 40   ||   50   50   50   50     60   60  
      Pay Band C
 160   ||   310   350   380   400     410   440  
      Pay Band D
 220   ||   340   350   380   340     320   290  
      Pay Band E
 760   ||   880   840   890   880     850   870  
      Other non-industrial7,8
 -   ||   -   20   10   30     30   -  
      Industrial9
 ..   ||   220   200   200   180     190   180  
      Trading Fund staff
 150   ||   180   170   170   170   || 170   190  
                                     
   Unknown10
 68 190   ||   43 100   39 320   35 000   32 070   || 28 390   26 230  
                                     
      Senior Civil Service and equivalent6
 40   ||   20   30   40   50     50   40  
      Pay Band B
 260   ||   490   500   440   400     390   380  
      Pay Band C
 2 050   ||   3 700   3 640   3 050   2 820     2 740   2 670  
      Pay Band D
 2 910   ||   3 140   2 750   1 900   1 570     1 380   1 260  
      Pay Band E
 6 320   ||   7 240   6 260   4 100   3 450     3 040   2 520  
      Other non-industrial7,8
 70   ||   30   240   40   170     220   40  
      Industrial9
 30 880   ||   7 400   5 660   4 600   3 790     3 190   2 420  
      Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA)
 2 210   ||   2 310   2 350   2 340   2 360     2 270   2 300  
      Locally engaged civilians
 15 860   ||   15 430   15 660   16 290   15 280     13 080   12 270  
      Trading Fund staff
 7 590   ||   3 320   2 230   2 200   2 180   || 2 040   2 330  
Ethnic minorities as a percentage of total excluding unknown
   All Grades
 2.0   ||   2.9   2.8   2.9   3.0   || 3.1   3.2  
                                   
      Senior Civil Service and equivalent6
 3.5   ||   2.2   2.2   2.5   -     -   -  
      Pay Band B
 1.9   ||   2.5   2.4   2.3   2.5     2.6   2.8  
      Pay Band C
 1.2   ||   2.3   2.5   2.6   2.7     2.9   3.0  
      Pay Band D
 1.6   ||   2.9   2.9   3.2   3.2     3.2   3.0  
      Pay Band E
 2.5   ||   3.7   3.5   3.7   3.8     3.9   4.1  
      Other non-industrial7,8
 -   ||   -   4.4   6.6   3.8     3.5   -  
      Industrial9
 ..   ||   2.5   2.1   2.0   1.9     2.0   2.0  
      Trading Fund staff
 1.8   ||   2.2   2.0   2.0   2.1   || 2.3   2.5  
Source: DASA(Quad-Service)
1.   Civilian Level 0 and Level 1 are defined in the Glossary.
2.   Ethnic origin data are collected by self declaration and are thus based on self-perception.
3.   Grade equivalent is shown in terms of the broader banding structure and is based on paid grade.
4.   In 2001/02 a re-survey of civilian personnel was undertaken so that the new classifications used in the 2001 Census of Population could be used. In 2001       the QinetiQ portion of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (8,000) was established as a private company.
5.   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.
6.   The Senior Civil Service was formed in 1996. The totals include about 50 personnel outside the Senior Civil Service but of equivalent grade.
7.   1,040 firefighters who were shown as non-industrial in April 2004 have been reclassified to industrial grades.
8.   Includes industrial staff on temporary promotion to non-industrial grades.
9.   No ethnicity data are available for the industrial personnel before 2000.
10. Those for whom there is no computerised record of their ethnic origin.