The number of soldiers inflowing and outflowing from the Scottish Division of the Infantry during April 1997 to November 2006 is shown in the following table. Officer figures have been omitted because Officer Cadets are allocated an Arm/Service towards the end of their Commissioning Course at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS).
Soldier Financial year Intake Outflow 1997-98 750 580 1998-99 750 740 1999-2000 720 750 2000-01 630 590 2001-02 650 600 2002-03 640 600 2003-04 650 630 2004-05 470 600 2005-06 440 570 2006-071 270 380 1 1 April to 30 November 2006. Notes: 1. The information is for soldiers only and therefore excludes officers. 2. The information is for intake and outflow of Scottish Division personnel in and out of the army and therefore excludes transfers in and out of the Division. 3. The outflow figures incorporate the net balance of long-term illegally absent personnel. 4. The intake figures are based on the individuals' Division on intake, some of whom may be redesignated during training to another Arm/Service. 5. The intake figures include re-enlistments and rejoined reservists. 6. UK Regular Forces includes nursing services and excludes full-time Reserve Service personnel, Gurkhas, the Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment and mobilised reservists. It also includes trained and untrained personnel.. 7. The date periods are for financial years except for financial year 2006-07. 8. The data have been rounded to the nearest 10. Numbers ending in '5' have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias.