Manpower changes
Clearly both the Defence Change Programme
and the Force Structure changes will have
an impact on the manpower of the Armed
Forces and the civilians who support them. As
described above, some manpower freed up
will be reinvested to strengthen key enabling
capabilities. Overall, we expect by April 2008:
• the Royal Navy’s manpower to have fallen
from some 37,500 to around 36,000;
• the Army’s manpower to be around 102,000;
• the RAF’s manpower to have reduced from
48,500 to around 41,000;
• civilian staff numbers to have reduced
by more than 10,000, primarily as a
consequence of the Defence Change
programme.
• The total reduction in administrative and
support functions within the MOD will be
over 15,000, both civilian and military.
These reductions will in part be achieved by
the natural turnover of personnel. However,
some redundancies will unfortunately be
necessary. The Department is fully aware of
the impact that these changes could have on
individuals, and will do everything possible to
ease difficulties.
Future Capabilities :
Factsheet 3
Organisation and Efficiency
The new Defence Command Paper:
‘Delivering Security in a Changing World:
Future Capabilities‘ sets out a modernised
force structure for the UK Armed Forces.
This fact sheet is one of a set summarising
these changes and the background to them.
