| UKDS | UK Defence Statistics |
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| Chapter 1 - Finance |
| Introduction |
| Resource Accounting & Budgeting |
| Departmental Resources |
| Table 1.1 | Defence Expenditure Outturn |
| Table 1.2 | Public Expenditure by Departmental Grouping |
| Table 1.3 | Principal Headings of Defence Expenditure Outturn (Resource basis) |
| Table 1.4 | Estimated MOD Equipment Expenditure |
| Table 1.5 | MOD Resources by Budgetary Areas |
| Table 1.6 | MOD Resources by Departmental Strategic Objectives |
| Table 1.7 | MOD Fixed Assets: 2009/10 |
| Table 1.8 | MOD Research & Development Expenditure Outturn |
| Table 1.9 | External Income Earned by MOD |
| Defence Inflation |
| Table 1.10a & Chart 1.10b | Defence Inflation & UK General Inflation and Defence Inflation |
| Table 1.10c & 1.10d | Defence Inflation: Contracts & Defence Inflation: Labour Costs |
| Industry |
| Table 1.11 | Estimated Defence Expenditure Outturn in the UK: Breakdown by Industry Group |
| Table 1.12 | MOD Payments on Private Finance Initiative (PFI) Projects: 2009/10 |
| Table 1.12a | PFI Projects with Planned MOD Unitary Charge Payments over £25 million: 2010/11 |
| Trade |
| Table 1.13 | Estimates of Identified Export Orders: Defence Equipment & Services |
| Table 1.14 | Ministry of Defence Estimated Balance of Payments for Trade in Services |
| Defence Contracts |
| Table 1.15 | Contracts Placed: By Type |
| Table 1.16 | Major Equipment Projects |
| Table 1.17 | Organisations paid £5 million or more by the Ministry of Defence in 2009/10 |
| Table 1.17a | Private Sector Companies paid £50 million or more by the Ministry of Defence in 2009/10: By Holding Company |
| International Defence |
| Table 1.18 | MOD Operations and Peacekeeping Costs |
| Table 1.18a | Annual audited cost of Operations in Afghanistan and Iraq |
| Table 1.19 | NATO Countries' Defence Expenditure 2005 - 2009 |
| Table 1.20 | NATO Countries' Defence Expenditure as % of GDP 2005-2009 |
| Table 1.21 | Top Worldwide Military Spenders: 2009 |
| Chart 1.22a, 1.22b, 1.22c & 1.22d | Defence Spending |
| Chapter 2 - Personnel |
| Introduction |
| Table 2.1 | Recent trends in Service and civilian personnel strengths, at 1 April each year |
| Table 2.2 | Location of Service and civilian personnel in the United Kingdom |
| Table 2.3 | Global locations of Service and civilian personnel, at 1 April each year |
| Table 2.4 | Strength of locally entered personnel, including Gurkhas by global location, at 1 April each year |
| Table 2.5a | Full-time trained strength and requirement at 1 April each year |
| Table 2.5b | Full-time trained strength and requirement at 1 April each year |
| Table 2.6 | Strength of UK Regular Forces by Service, and whether trained or untrained, at 1 April each year |
| Chart to Table 2.6 | Percentage change in UK Regular Forces compared with 1 April 1990 |
| Table 2.7 | Strength of UK Regular Forces by Service and sex, at 1 April each year |
| Table 2.8 | Strength of UK Regular Forces by Service, sex and rank at 1 April 2010 |
| Table 2.9 | Strength of UK Regular Forces by Service and ethnic origin at 1 April each year |
| Table 2.10 | Strength of UK Regular Forces by Service, ethnic origin and rank at 1 April 2010 |
| Table 2.11 | Strength of UK Regular Forces by age at 1 April each year |
| Table 2.12 | Strength of UK Regular Forces by rank at 1 April each year |
| Table 2.13 | Strength of UK Regular Forces by Service and religion at 1 April each year |
| Table 2.14 | Strength of the Trained UK Regular Forces by Service and nationality at 1 April each year |
| Table 2.15 & Table 2.16 | Strength of the Reserve Forces at 1 April each year |
| Table 2.17 | Intake to UK Regular Forces from civil life by Service and sex |
| Table 2.18 | Intake from civil life of UK Regular Forces by Service and ethnic origin |
| Table 2.19 | Gains to trained strength of UK Regular Forces by Service |
| Table 2.20 | Outflow from UK Regular Forces by Service and whether trained or untrained |
| Chart to Tables 2.17 & 2.20 | Intake and Outflow of UK Regular Forces |
| Table 2.21 | Outflow from trained UK Regular Forces by Service and ethnic origin |
| Table 2.22 | Outflow from UK Regular Forces by sex and Service |
| Table 2.23 | Military salaries: illustrative rates and indices (2001/02=100) |
| Chart to Table 2.23 | Military salaries: illustrative rates and indices |
| Table 2.24 | NATO Rank Codes and UK Service Ranks |
| Table 2.25 | Civilian personnel, at 1 April each year |
| Table 2.26 | Civilian personnel by budgetary area, at 1 April 2010 |
| Table 2.27 | Civilian Personnel in UK Defence Agencies and MOD-owned Trading Funds, at 1 April 2010 |
| Table 2.28 | Civilian personnel by budgetary area and grade equivalent, at 1 April each year |
| Table 2.29 | Strength of civilian personnel by ethnic origin and grade, at 1 April each year |
| Table 2.30 | Strength of civilian personnel by sex, grade and whether full or part-time, at 1 April each year |
| Chart to Table 2.30 | Strength of civilian personnel by sex, grade and whether full or part-time, at 1 April each year |
| Table 2.31 | Number of civilian personnel by disability status, and grade, at 1 April 2010 |
| Table 2.32 | Age profile of civilian personnel by industrial status and sex, at 1 April 2010 |
| Table 2.33 | Intake and outflow of civilian personnel |
| Table 2.34 | Intake and outflow of civilian personnel by ethnic origin and broad grade |
| Table 2.35 | Intake of civilian personnel by sex, grade and whether full or part-time |
| Table 2.36 | Outflow of civilian personnel, by sex, grade and whether full or part-time |
| Compensation Claims |
| Table 2.37 | New claims and settled claims by broad category in each year |
| Table 2.38 | New claims and settled claims by broad cause in each year |
| Table 2.39 | Manpower holdings and ceilings by member country within the scope of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty at 1 January 2010 |
| Chapter 3 - Health |
| Introduction |
| Deaths in the UK Armed Forces |
| Table 3.1 | Deaths in the UK Regular Armed Forces: by year of occurrence and Service, numbers, age and gender standardised rates and standardised mortality ratios, 2000-2009 |
| Table 3.2 | Deaths in the UK Regular Armed Forces: by year of occurrence and cause, numbers, 2000-2009 |
| Table 3.3 | Deaths in the UK Regular Armed Forces: by year of occurrence and cause, age and gender standardised rates, 2000-2009 |
| Table 3.4 | Deaths in the UK Regular Armed Forces: by year of occurrence and cause, standardised mortality ratio, 2000-2009 |
| Suicide and Open Verdict Deaths |
| Table 3.5 | Suicide, open verdict and awaiting verdict deaths in the UK Regular Armed Forces: by Service and gender, numbers, 1984-2009 |
| Table 3.6 | Suicide and open verdict deaths in the UK Regular Armed Forces: Numbers and standardised mortality ratios, 1984 - 2009, males only |
| UK Gulf Veterans Mortality |
| Table 3.7 | Deaths among UK Gulf 1 Veterans by cause, numbers and rate ratios, 1 April 1991 - 31 December 2009 |
| Charts to Table 3.7 | Deaths among UK Gulf 1 Veterans by cause, numbers and rate ratios, 1 April 1991 - 31 December 2009 |
| Operational Fatalities and Casualties |
| Table 3.8 | Number of UK Armed Forces and civilian operational fatalities |
| Table 3.9 | Number of UK Armed Forces and civilian operational casualties |
| Table 3.10 | Iraq (Op TELIC) patients receiving treatment at Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (RCDM) and Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) |
| Table 3.11 | Afghanistan (Op HERRICK) patients receiving treatment at Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (RCDM) and Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) |
| Table 3.12 | Number of UK Armed Forces with amputations |
| Mental Health |
| Table 3.13 | New attendees assessed with a mental disorder at the MOD's Departments of Community Mental Health: numbers and rates by demographic and military characteristics, 2008 and 2009 |
| Table 3.14 | Mental disorder initial assessments for all new cases seen at a Departments of Community Mental Health: numbers and rates, by year and ICD-10 classification, 2008 and 2009 |
| Table 3.15 | Initial mental disorder assessments for all new cases seen at a Department of Community Mental Health: numbers and rate ratios, by deployment and ICD-10 classification, 2009 |
| Table 3.16 | New admissions to the MOD's UK in-patient contractor: numbers and rates by demographic and military characteristics, 2008 and 2009 |
| Medical Discharges |
| Table 3.17 | Number of medical discharges for Regular UK Naval Service personnel by principal cause code group |
| Table 3.18 | Number of medical discharges for Regular UK Army personnel by principal cause code group |
| Table 3.19 | Number of medical discharges for Regular UK RAF personnel by principal cause code group |
| Table 3.20 | Number of UK Armed Forces and MOD civilian work-related fatalities: by year of occurrence and type of incident, 2000-2009 |
| Table 3.21 | Number of on-duty work place incidents of UK Armed Forces personnel and civilians resulting in injury-related deaths: by year of occurrence and cause, 2000-2009 |
| Table 3.22 | Numbers and rates per 100,000 of major injuries and illnesses of UK Armed Forces personnel and civilians: by year of occurrence and Service, 2000-2009 |
| Table 3.23 | Numbers and rates per 100,000 of serious injuries and illnesses of UK Armed Forces personnel and civilians: by year of occurrence and Service, 2000-2009 |
| Charts to Table 3.22 & 3.23 | Major and Serious injuries and illnesses UK Armed Forces personnel and civilians: by year of occurrence and Service, rates per 100,000, 2000-2009 |
| Table 3.24 | Number of working days lost per year due to sickness of civilian personnel, by ICD Code and industrial/non-industrial marker |
| War Pensions and AFCS |
| Table 3.25 | Number of War Pensions in payment by type of pension, as at 31 March each year |
| Charts to Table 3.25 | Average weekly amount of Disablement Pension (entitlement) - as at 31 March 2010 |
| Table 3.26 | Number of claims registered under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme by claim type and financial year |
| Table 3.27 | Number of claims cleared under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme by claim type, outcome and financial year |
| Table 3.28 | Number of lump sum payments that were awarded a GIP at 100% under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme, by tariff of injury table and financial year |
| Table 3.29 | Number of lump sum payments that were awarded a GIP at 75%, 50%, 30% or nil under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme, by tariff of injury table for most severe condition, and financial year |
| Chapter 4 - Formations, Vessels, Aircraft and Vehicles of the Armed Forces |
| Introduction |
| Table 4.1 | Number of vessels in the Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary, and squadrons in the Fleet Air Arm, at 1 April each year |
| Table 4.2 | Number of Regiments, Infantry battalions and Major Headquarters, in the Regular and Territorial Army, at 1 April each year |
| Table 4.3 | Number of squadrons in the Royal Air Force and the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, at 1 April each year |
| Table 4.4 | Number of Regiments and Squadrons in selected Joint Units, at 1 April each year |
| Table 4.5 | Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships and submarines that were operational or undergoing refit by class and base port, at 1 April 2010 |
| Table 4.6 | Militarily useful British-registered passenger and dry cargo merchant vessels by principal categories and sizes at 31 December each year |
| Table 4.7 | Militarily useful British-registered merchant tankers, specialist and fishing vessels by principal categories and sizes at 31 December each year |
| Table 4.8 | Aircraft fleets by type of aircraft for the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, at 1 April each year |
| Table 4.9 | Aircraft fleets by type of aircraft for the Royal Air Force Air Command including Operational Conversion Units and Training Aircraft, at 1 April each year |
| Table 4.10 | Aircraft fleets by type of aircraft in the Joint Helicopter Command and Joint Force Harrier, at 1 April each year |
| CFE Vehicles and Aircraft Introduction |
| Table 4.11 | Tanks and Artillery Holdings in the UK, Germany, Cyprus and Gibraltar within the scope of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty, at 1 January each year |
| Table 4.12 | Armoured Combat Vehicle Holdings in the UK, Germany, Cyprus and Gibraltar within the scope of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty, at 1 January each year |
| Table 4.13 | Aircraft Holdings in the UK, Germany, Cyprus and Gibraltar within the scope of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty, at 1 January each year |
| Table 4.14 | Declared Tanks, Armoured Combat Vehicles and Artillery Holdings and Ceilings by country within the scope of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty, at 1 January 2010 |
| Table 4.15 | Declared Attack Helicopters and Combat Aircraft Holdings and Ceilings by country within the scope of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty, at 1 January 2010 |
| Chapter 5 - Military Search and Rescue |
| Introduction |
| Table 5.1 | Military Search and Rescue incidents, callouts and people moved: 1999 - 2009 |
| Table 5.2 | Callouts and people moved by UK Military Search and Rescue units: 1999 - 2009 |
| Table 5.3 | Callouts and people moved by UK Military Search and Rescue units by type of assistance: 1999 - 2009 |
| Table 5.4 | Callouts and people moved by UK Military Search and Rescue units in each region: 1999 - 2009 |
| Table 5.5 | Map of UK Military Search and Rescue callouts: 2009 |
| Chapter 6 - Land Holdings and Buildings |
| Introduction |
| Table 6.1 | Land holdings by parent service area and whether owned, leased or with legal rights, at 1 April each year in thousand hectares |
| Table 6.2 | Land holdings by country and whether owned, leased or with legal rights, at 1 April each year in thousand hectares |
| Table 6.3 | Land holdings by type of use and whether owned, leased or with legal rights, at 1 April each year in thousand hectares |
| Charts to Tables 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 | Analysis of land holdings, at 1 April 2010 |
| Table 6.4 | Service family accommodation in the United Kingdom, at 31 March each year in thousands of dwellings |
| Table 6.5 | Surveyed condition of Service family accommodation in the United Kingdom at 31 March each year in thousands of dwellings |
| Chapter 7 - Sustainable Development, Military Aid to the Civil Authorities and Conflict Prevention |
| Introduction |
| Sustainable Development |
| Table 7.1 | Waste recycled and reused by the Ministry of Defence |
| Carbon Dioxide Emissions |
| Table 7.2 | Ministry of Defence Carbon Dioxide Emissions |
| Table 7.3 | Ministry of Defence Energy Consumption |
| Table 7.4 | Ministry of Defence Water Consumption |
| Table 7.5 | Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Target Condition |
| Table 7.6 | Number of vessels boarded by the Royal Navy Fishery Protection Squadron within British fishing limits and convictions arising from these boardings each financial year |
| Table 7.7 | Military Aid to the Civil Power, to other Government Departments and to the Civil Community - examples of assistance provided |
| Table 7.8 | MOD support to the UK's Conflict Prevention Initiative: examples (excluding operations) of activities undertaken in 2009/10 |
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