The following table shows the intake of UK Regular Forces and Civilian personnel aged 55 and above for each of the last three years.
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 UK Regular Forces1, 2 personnel intake aged 55 and above 3— 3— 3, 4— Civilian5 personnel intake aged 55 and above 900 570 570 Combined UK Regular Forces1, 2 and Civilian3 personnel intake aged 55 and above 900 570 4570 1 UK Regular Forces includes nursing services and excluded Full Time Reserve Service personnel, Gurkhas, the Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment and mobilised reservists. It includes trained and untrained personnel. 2 Due to ongoing validation of data from the new joint personnel administration system, UK Regular Forces statistics from 1 October 2006 are provisional and subject to review. 3 Denotes less than 10. 4 Denotes provisional. 5 Civilian intake data for the top level budgets and trading funds, but excludes data for locally engaged civilians and Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel for whom intake data by age is not known. Note: All numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: DASA Quad-Service.