Defence Intelligence Staff manpower figures for 1997 onwards are shown as follows. Data for contractors are not captured and reservist data are not held centrally.
All services April Civilian permanent staff (FTE) Officers Other ranks Total 1997 1,600 400 2,300 2,700 1998 1,600 400 2,300 2,700 1999 1,500 400 2,200 2,600 2000 1,500 400 2,300 2,700 2001 1,400 400 2,000 2,400 2002 1,400 400 2,000 2,400 2003 1,500 400 2,100 2,500 2004 1,600 400 2,200 2,600 2005 1,600 400 2,200 2,600 2006 1,600 1400 12,200 12,600 1 Service personnel figures for 2006 are provisional. Notes: 1. Full-time equivalence counts part-time staff by the number of hours they work as a proportion of their full-time conditioned hours. 2. Numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred. 3. UK Regular Forces includes nursing services, but excludes Full Time Reserve Service personnel, Gurkhas, the Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment, mobilised reservists and Naval Activated Reservists.
There are 20 or fewer civilian casual staff employed in each year.
The breakdown of Service personnel numbers is only available from 2001.
Royal Navy Army Royal Air Force 20012 200 1,200 900 20022 200 1,200 1,000 20032 200 1,200 1,000 20042 300 1,200 1,200 2005 300 1,100 1,200 2006 300 31,100 31,200 1 UK Regular Forces includes Nursing services, but excludes Full Time Reserve Service personnel, Gurkhas, the Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment, mobilised reservists and Naval Activated Reservists. 2 All figures for 2001 to 2004 are estimates. 3 Figures for Army and RAF at April 2006 are provisional.