Regular military strength breakdown by Government office region prior to 2002, local authority level breakdown of MOD Civilians prior to 2006 and stationed location of Volunteer Reserve personnel are not held centrally and cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.
The following table shows the total Regular Service, Civilian and Volunteer Reserve Force Strengths. Civilian strength is reported as full-time equivalents (FTE) and includes MOD permanent and casual personnel, trading funds, royal fleet auxiliaries and locally engaged civilians.
Regular military personnel1 Naval reserves2 Territorial army3 Royal auxiliary air force MOD civilian personnel 1997 210,820 4,260 n/a 2,020 133,330 1998 210,140 4,440 n/a 2,490 126,290 1999 208,640 4,520 n/a 2,620 123,010 2000 207,610 4,820 n/a 2,740 121,290 2001 205,650 4,830 n/a 2,570 118,170 2002 204,680 4,980 n/a 2,590 110,090 2003 206,910 4,910 n/a 2,580 107,580 2004 207,020 4,480 38,320 2,580 109,050 2005 201,100 4,360 37,260 2,450 108,470 2006 195,850 n/a 38,460 2,300 103,380 20074 190,400 3,680 36,790 p2,160 97,690 20085 187,060 3,590 p35,020 p2,200 89,500 20096 188,370 n/a p35,350 n/a 86,620
The following table shows the strength of regular military and civilian personnel in Yorkshire and the Humber Government Office Region (GOR). Civilian strength is reported in full-time equivalent (FTE) for MOD permanent and casual personnel only. GOR breakdown excludes trading funds, royal fleet auxiliaries and locally engaged civilians.
Regular military personnel1 MOD civilian personnel 2001 n/a 2,880 2002 13,760 2,840 20037 n/a 3,400 20047 n/a 3,770 2005 13,830 3,790 2006 13,040 3,700 2007 13,790 3,590 2008 13,530 3,560 2009 14,730 3,640
The following table shows the strength of regular military and civilian personnel in North Yorkshire. Civilian strength is reported in full-time equivalent (FTE) for MOD permanent and casual personnel only. Local authority level breakdown excludes trading funds, royal fleet auxiliaries and locally engaged civilians.
Regular military personne1 MOD civilian personnel 2002 12,000 n/a 20037 n/a n/a 20047 n/a n/a 2005 12,690 n/a 2006 11,880 2,000 2007 12,540 1,980 2008 12,140 1,950 2009 13,310 1,930
The following table shows the strength of regular military and civilian personnel in City of York. Civilian strength is reported in full-time equivalent (FTE) for MOD permanent and casual personnel only. Local authority level breakdown excludes trading funds, royal fleet auxiliaries and locally engaged civilians.
Regular military personnel1 MOD civilian personnel 2002 640 n/a 20037 n/a n/a 20047 n/a n/a 2005 730 n/a 2006 710 760 2007 800 650 2008 840 650 2009 880 680 n/a = not available p = provisional 1 UK Regular forces includes all trained and untrained personnel. Gurkhas, full-time Reserve personnel, and mobilised reservists are excluded. 2 Includes the Royal Naval Reserve and Royal Marine Reserve. 3 Territorial Army data prior to 2004 are not available. 4 2007 Territorial Army data are as at 1 March. 5 2008 Territorial Army data are as at 1 June. 6 Data on Naval Reserves and Royal Auxiliary Air Force at 1 April 2009 are due to be published in September 2009 7 2003-04 Regular military stationed location figures are not available because of concerns over data quality. Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias.
Table 1 comprises the total number of Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) civil servants employed by the Ministry of Defence at each 1 April point since 2006.
FTE Civilian Level 1 Civilian Level 0 April 2006 78,140 103,380 April 2007 73,780 97,690 April 2008 69,050 89,500 April 2009 66,440 86,620 Notes: 1. Civilian Level 1 includes all permanent and casual civilian personnel and Royal Fleet Auxiliaries, but excludes Trading Funds and Locally Engaged Civilians. 2. Civilian Level 0 contains all those at Level 1 plus Trading Funds and Locally Engaged Civilians. 3. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10. Numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. 4. Full time equivalence counts part time staff by the number of hours they work as a proportion of their full time conditioned hours. Source: DASA (Quad-Service).
The projected numbers of civilian staff employed across MOD for the remainder of this Spending Review period ending April 2011 are set out in Table 2.
Civilian Level 0 (FTE) 1 April 2010 (projected) 184,000 1 April 2011 (projected) 181,500 1 Provisional Source: Stat Mann.
Data provided are provisional and subject to review. As the Department develops more mature plans for the delivery of the required input savings and outsourcing then these figures will be subject to change.