Chapter 2 - Personnel
                               
Table 2.22 Outflow1 from UK Regular Forces by Service and sex
Females as a percentage of total outflow fell to 7.9% during 2009/10 from 8.8% in 2008/09 and from 10.2% in 1997/98.

Females as a percentage of Naval Service Officer outflow during 2009/10 rose 1.4 percentage points to 11.2%; Army Officer fell 2.4 percentage points to 9.8% and RAF Officers rose 0.9 percentage points to 15.2%.

  1997/98   2000/01   2005/06   2006/07   2007/08   2008/09     2009/10  
Females: total2 2 490   2 430   1 980   2 160 p 2 170 p 1 940 p || 1 470 p
                               
    Officers: total 230   260   240   300 p 350 p 300 p || 220 p
60   40   40   50 p 50 p 50 p   50 p
        Army2 100   160   110   140 p 190 p 160 p || 100 p
        Royal Air Force 60   60   90   100   100 p 90 p   70 p
                               
    Other ranks: total 2 260   2 180   1 730   1 870 p 1 830 p 1 640 p || 1 250 p
560   510   440   440 p 420 p 410 p   290 p
        Army2 1 180   1 180   840   960 p 900 p 770 p || 620 p
        Royal Air Force 530   490   450   460   500 p 460 p   340 p
                               
Males: total2 21 860   22 520   21 290   23 000 p 22 510 p 19 940 p || 17 110 p
                               
    Officers: total 2 060   2 040   2 050   2 380 p 2 480 p 2 140 p || 1 680 p
560   440   480   450 p 530 p 470 p   400 p
        Army2 930   1 000   960   1 180 p 1 300 p 1 120 p || 890 p
        Royal Air Force 560   600   610   750   650 p 550 p   390 p
                               
    Other ranks: total 19 800   20 480   19 240   20 610 p 20 040 p 17 810 p || 15 430 p
4 090   4 040   3 520   3 380 p 3 340 p 3 500 p   3 000 p
        Army2 12 260   12 900   12 280   13 480 p 12 930 p 11 090 p || 10 230 p
        Royal Air Force 3 460   3 540   3 440   3 760   3 760 p 3 220 p   2 200 p
                               
Females as a percentage of total2 10.2   9.7   8.5   8.6 p 8.8 p 8.8 p || 7.9 p
                               
    Officers: total 9.9   11.1   10.7   11.0 p 12.3 p 12.2 p || 11.5 p
10.3   9.1   8.1   9.8 p 8.3 p 9.8 p   11.2 p
        Army2 10.1   13.4   10.7   10.8 p 13.0 p 12.2 p || 9.8 p
        Royal Air Force 9.3   8.5   12.6   12.0   13.8 p 14.3 p   15.2 p
                               
    Other ranks: total 10.3   9.6   8.3   8.3 p 8.4 p 8.4 p || 7.5 p
12.0   11.2   11.2   11.6 p 11.2 p 10.4 p   8.8 p
        Army2 8.8   8.4   6.4   6.7 p 6.5 p 6.5 p || 5.7 p
        Royal Air Force 13.3   12.1   11.6   10.9   11.8 p 12.5 p   13.3 p
Source: DASA(Quad-Service)
1. Figures show outflow from UK Regular Forces, both trained and untrained, including personnel leaving the Services, deaths, recalled reservists on release
    and outflow to the Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment (which disbanded on 31 March 2008). They do not include promotion from ranks to
    officers or flows between Services and are not comparable with gains to trained strength figures in Table 2.19 which include promotion from ranks to
    officers.
2. Outflow figures up to and including 2008/09 include the net flow of between 100 and 200 personnel from the Regular Army to Long Term Absentee (LTA).
    Outflow figures for 2009/10 do not include this net flow to LTA. See glossary for more details.