Chapter 2 - Personnel
                         
Table 2.28 Civilian personnel1 by budgetary area and grade equivalent2, at 1 April each year
Between 2000 and 2011 the total FTE strength of MOD civilian personnel fell by 31.5 per cent. Decreases have been seen within each individual Service Command over this period, with the largest proportionate decrease of 32.5 per cent seen in C-in-C Land Forces (similar to that seen in MOD civilian strength as a whole), while C-in-C Fleet and Air Officer C-in-C showed smaller decreases of similar proportions, by 27.0 per cent and 27.1 per cent respectively.

Defence Equipment & Support, formed in 2007 from the merger of Defence Logistics Organisation and the Defence Procurement Agency, has experienced the largest proportionate budgetary area reduction from 35,210 at 1 April 2000 to 13,730 as at 1 April 2011, a decrease of 61.0 per cent.

Since 2000, the number of Band D personnel has decreased by 33.4 per cent (14,900 in 2000 to 9,930 in 2011), Industrial personnel by 55.1 per cent (23,670 in 2000 to 10,580 in 2011) and Band E personnel by 36.8 per cent (33,020 in 2000 to 20,870 in 2011). In comparison the SCS has only seen a reduction of 12.9 per cent, and Pay Bands B and C have grown , C by 9.5% and B by 8.5% respectively.
 
FTE
Grade   2000   2005 2006 2007   2008 2009 2010 2011  
Civilian Level 0 121 280 || 108 470 103 380 97 690 || 89 500 86 620 85 850 83 060 e
   Senior Civil Service and Equivalent3 310   300 310 280   300 300 290 270  
   Pay Band B 2 240   2 640 2 740 2 450   2 450 2 440 2 470 2 430  
   Pay Band C 15 230   17 490 17 310 16 840   16 540 16 800 16 630 16 680  
   Pay Band D 14 900   14 470 13 500 12 170   10 990 10 580 10 440 9 930  
   Pay Band E 33 020   29 070 27 220 25 590   23 490 22 800 22 440 20 870  
   Other non-industrial4 90   700 170 790   940 110 300 10  
   Industrial 23 670   15 000 14 540 13 300   12 060 11 100 11 010 10 580  
   Trading Funds5 14 550 || 10 780 10 700 10 060 || 9 210 9 630 9 730 9 350  
   Royal Fleet Auxiliary 2 420   2 350 2 340 2 360   2 270 2 300 2 330 2 360  
   Locally engaged civilians 14 850   15 660 14 540 13 840   11 240 10 550 10 200 10 580 e
 
Commander-in-Chief Fleet 6 440   5 710 5 290 5 230   4 600 4 640 4 760 4 700  
   Pay Band C and above 660   690 640 580   500 510 540 530  
   Pay Band D and below 2 370   1 890 1 700 1 640   1 260 1 280 1 320 1 250  
   Other non-industrial4 -   60 - 30   30 - 10 10  
   Industrial 990   730 610 620   540 550 570 540  
   Royal Fleet Auxiliary 2 420   2 350 2 340 2 360   2 270 2 300 2 330 2 360  
Commander-in-Chief Land Forces 22 090   19 920 18 650 17 960   17 180 16 490 16 480 14 920  
   Pay Band C and above 3 300   3 690 3 590 3 340   3 290 3 420 3 450 3 170  
   Pay Band D and below 12 960   10 730 9 830 8 930   8 390 8 370 8 270 7 530  
   Other non-industrial4 10   40 30 400   520 80 150 -  
   Industrial 5 820   5 450 5 200 5 300   4 970 4 630 4 610 4 230  
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief 11 570   11 080 10 770 8 980   8 710 8 560 8 660 8 430  
   Pay Band C and above 1 250   1 190 1 190 1 060   1 070 1 120 1 150 1 180  
   Pay Band D and below 5 820   5 820 5 550 4 870   4 580 4 600 4 660 4 480  
   Other non-industrial4 10   20 10 70   80 10 - -  
   Industrial 4 480   4 050 4 020 2 980   2 980 2 830 2 850 2 760  
Defence Equipment & Support6 35 210   24 470 22 490 20 880   18 010 16 740 16 150 13 730  
   Pay Band C and above 8 080   9 150 8 970 8 710   8 430 8 520 8 410 7 190  
   Pay Band D and below 15 610   10 860 9 560 8 490   6 710 5 800 5 410 4 350  
   Other non-industrial4 60   350 40 60   70 10 20 -  
   Industrial 11 470   4 110 3 920 3 620   2 790 2 400 2 310 2 190  
Centre 16 570   20 790 20 720 20 530   20 260 19 890 19 770 21 350  
   Pay Band C and above 4 490   5 680 5 860 5 760   5 930 5 900 5 790 7 310  
   Pay Band D and below 11 170   14 230 13 990 13 760   13 440 13 290 13 210 13 180  
   Other non-industrial4 -   220 80 240   230 10 100 -  
   Industrial 910   670 790 780   660 680 670 860  
Unknown7 -   60 210 190   290 130 100 10  
   Pay Band C and above -   30 130 110   60 80 60 -  
   Pay Band D and below -   20 80 80   100 40 30 10  
   Other non-industrial4 -   - 10 -   10 10 10 -  
   Industrial -   - - -   120 10 - -  
 
Source: DASA(Quad-Service)
 
1. Civilian Level 0 is defined in the Glossary.
2. Grade equivalent is shown in terms of the broader banding structure and is based on paid grade.
3. Includes personnel outside the Senior Civil Service but of equivalent grade.
4. Includes industrial staff on temporary promotion to non-industrial grades and staff for whom no grade information is available.
5. 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.
6. Defence Equipment & Support formed in 2007 by merging the Defence Logistics Organisation and Defence Procurement Agency. For consistency information in this table has been merged across the series between 2000 and 2006.
7. Staff for whom no Top Level Budget (TLB) information is available are included in this section of the table.