Chapter 2 - Personnel
                                       
Table 2.25 Civilian personnel1, at 1 April each year
Since 1 April 1997 the Level 0 MOD total has decreased from 133,000 to 85,800, representing a reduction of 35.6% over the period.

This period has seen a reduction across the board in Level 1 MOD staff, falling from 96,600 to 63,600, and locally engaged civilians falling from 15,900 to 10,200. From 1997 to 2008 the strength of the Trading Funds fell from 15,500 to 9,200, but since 2008 has risen slightly to 9,700.

From 1 April 1997 to 1 April 2010 there was a decline in the Level 1 permanent industrial strength, from 29,200 to 10,900 - a reduction of 62.7% over the period.

Thousands: FTE
    1997     2000     2005   2006   2007     2008   2009   2010
Civilian Level 02 133.3     121.3   || 108.5   103.4   97.7   || 89.5   86.6   85.8
  Civilian Level 1 101.9     91.9     82.0   78.1   73.8     69.0   66.4   65.9
  Trading Funds2 15.5     14.5   || 10.8   10.7   10.1   || 9.2   9.6   9.7
  Locally engaged civilians 15.9     14.8     15.7   14.5   13.8     11.2   10.5   10.2
                                       
Civilian Level 1 - Permanent 96.6     88.2     78.6   74.7   70.5     66.0   63.6   63.3
  Non-industrial 67.4     64.9     63.8   60.5   57.5     54.3   52.7   52.3
  Industrial 29.2     23.3     14.7   14.2   13.0     11.7   11.0   10.9
Civilian Level 1 - Casual3 3.1     1.3     1.1   1.1   0.9     0.8   0.5   0.3
  Non-industrial 2.0     0.9     0.8   0.8   0.6     0.4   0.4   0.2
  Industrial 1.1     0.4     0.3   0.3   0.3     0.4   0.1   0.1
Civilian Level 1 - RFA 2.2     2.4     2.3   2.3   2.4     2.3   2.3   2.3
                                       
Trading Funds2 15.5     14.5   || 10.8   10.7   10.1   || 9.2   9.6   9.7
  Permanent2 15.2     14.2   || 10.7   10.6   9.9   || 9.1   9.5   9.6
  Casual2 0.3     0.3   || 0.1   0.1   0.1   || 0.1   0.1   0.1
                                       
Locally engaged civilians 15.9     14.8     15.7   14.5   13.8     11.2   10.5   10.2
Source: DASA(Quad-Service)
1. Civilian Level 0 and Level 1 are defined in the Glossary.
2. The following changes have affected the continuity of the civilian data: In 2001 the QinetiQ portion of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (8,000)
    was established as a private company. 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.
3. Casual staff are usually engaged for less than 12 months.

Civilian Personnel Strengths as at 1 April 1997 to 1 April 2010