Chapter 2 - Personnel
                           
Table 2.31 Strength of civilian personnel1 by sex, grade2 and whether full or part-time, at 1 April each                         year
        Headcount
Sex, part time/full time and grade 1997     2004 3 2005 2006 2007   2008 4 2009  
   Female: full-time 33 260   || 28 760   28 730 26 560 23 840 || 22 290   21 860  
      Senior Civil Service and equivalent5 20     20   30 30 30   40   50  
      Pay Band B 190     370   430 440 380   400   430  
      Pay Band C 2 160     3 710   4 010 4 030 3 440   3 520   3 850  
      Pay Band D 3 840     4 780   4 880 4 550 3 880   3 510   3 490  
      Pay Band E 19 480     15 420   14 910 13 230 11 760   10 590   10 330  
      Other non-industrials6,7 10     20   200 80 470   560   30  
      Industrial 4 430     2 640   2 560 2 390 2 120   1 940   1 820  
      Trading Funds 3 130   || 1 790   1 730 1 820 1 740 || 1 740   1 870  
                           
   Male: full-time 78 720   || 58 880   58 000 55 660 52 300 || 48 560   46 850  
      Senior Civil Service and equivalent5 320     270   270 280 240   250   240  
      Pay Band B 2 050     2 090   2 150 2 210 1 910   1 900   1 850  
      Pay Band C 12 600     12 730   12 830 12 470 12 060   11 690   11 570  
      Pay Band D 12 170     9 250   9 110 8 380 7 680   6 900   6 480  
      Pay Band E 14 320     12 540   12 340 11 990 11 640   10 850   10 490  
      Other non-industrials6,7 70     50   490 80 180   200   30  
      Industrial 25 130     12 560   12 020 11 720 10 650   9 700   8 900  
      Trading Funds 12 070   || 9 400   8 790 8 530 7 940 || 7 060   7 280  
                           
   Female: part-time 4 900   || 5 110   5 060 5 600 6 480 || 6 190   5 990  
      Senior Civil Service and equivalent5 -     -   - - -   10   10  
      Pay Band B 10     50   70 90 140   140   130  
      Pay Band C 160     560   750 920 1 290   1 330   1 360  
      Pay Band D 370     620   650 750 740   670   730  
      Pay Band E 2 780     2 870   2 720 2 900 3 120   2 920   2 790  
      Other non-industrials6,7 -     -   20 - 160   190   30  
      Industrial 1 160     720   560 570 620   520   470  
      Trading Funds 420   || 280   300 360 400 || 430   470  
                           
   Male: part-time 500   || 590   680 830 1 320 || 1 280   1 360  
      Senior Civil Service and equivalent5 -     -   - - 10   10   10  
      Pay Band B 20     40   50 50 100   90   110  
      Pay Band C 20     110   160 190 440   400   460  
      Pay Band D 60     60   60 90 120   140   140  
      Pay Band E 100     140   160 220 240   220   220  
      Other non-industrials6,7 -     -   10 - 50   60   30  
      Industrial 170     130   120 130 200   160   160  
      Trading Funds 120   || 110   120 150 160 || 190   230  
                           
Total male 79 220   || 59 470   58 680 56 500 53 610 || 49 840   48 200  
Total female 38 160   || 33 860   33 790 32 170 30 320 || 28 480   27 850  
                           
Civilian Level 0 135 450   || 111 080   110 480 107 300 101 570 || 93 670   90 630  
Full time 111 990   || 87 640   86 720 82 230 76 140 || 70 840   68 710  
Part time 5 390   || 5 700   5 740 6 430 7 790 || 7 470   7 350  
Royal Fleet Auxiliaries8 2 210     2 310   2 350 2 340 2 360   2 270   2 300  
Locally engaged civilians8 15 860     15 430   15 660 16 290 15 280   13 080   12 270  
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 Based 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.
7. 1,040 firefighters who were shown as non-industrial in April 2004 have been reclassified to industrial grades.
8. Data by sex, grade and part time/full time hours worked are not available for Royal Fleet Auxiliaries and locally engaged civilians.