UK Defence in Numbers 2019: Sources
Updated 2 March 2020
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UK Defence in Numbers 2019 provides figures from a wide range of published official statistics and other releases, as well as numbers published for the first time.
Further information on the sources of the statistics can be found below. Additional Defence statistics can be found via the Statistics at MOD pages on gov.uk.
Section 1: What We Spend
Pages 2 and 3:
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Defence Expenditure and breakdown: Departmental Resources 2019 , Table 3 in associated Open Data Source tables
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proportion of GDP spent on defence: NATO, Defence Expenditure of NATO Countries (2012-2019), page 8, Table 3
Page 4: Future defence spending commitments produced by sources in MOD
Page 5: Planned expenditure on equipment and support: Defence Equipment Plan 2019, page 6
Pages 6 and 7: Produced by sources within MOD
Section 2: Protect Our People
Page 8: Notable Achievements: MOD Annual Report and Accounts 2018-19, various pages
Page 9: Personnel numbers: Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics, October 2019, Tables 3a, 6a and 13 in associated Open Data Source tables. MOD Biannual Civilian Personnel Report 2019, Table 2
Page 10 to 11: Location of Regular Forces: Location of UK Regular Service and Civilian Personnel annual statistics 2019, Table 1.1a in associated Open Data Source Tables
Page 12: Military Commitments: MOD Annual Report and Accounts 2018-19, page 29
Page 13: Op KIPION: Produced by sources within MOD, including the Royal Navy. Infographic disseminated through MOD Twitter channels (16/07/2019).
Page 14: Cyber and Space: MOD Annual Report and Accounts 2018-19, page 26 to 27
Section 3: Project Our Global Influence
Page 15: Defence Advisers/Attachés: MOD Annual Report and Accounts 2018-19, pages 39 and 41. Please note that the figures do not indicate the number of personnel employed at these locations nor are they indicative of their relative diplomatic importance.
Page 16: Training forces abroad: MOD Annual Report and Accounts 2018-19, pages 30, 31 40 and 49.
Page 17: Foreign Military Sales: MOD Annual Report and Accounts 2018-19, page 47
D-Day 75 Spread
Pages 18 and 19: Produced by sources within MOD
Section 3: Promote Our Prosperity
Page 20: Apprenticeships: MOD Annual Report and Accounts 2018-19, page 64. The figures include all apprenticeship places taken up that meet the Skills Funding Agency definition for an apprenticeship. While these numbers have been quality assured, they have not undergone the full quality assurance process that would be used for official statistics
Cadets: MOD Annual Report and Accounts 2018-19, page 65-66. This figure includes all parading cadet units in schools across the UK. Each school is counted once: if there are multiple sections in one school this is counted as one unit. If units are temporarily closed at the date of counting then a judgement will be made as to whether or not they are counted as parading units at that time.
While these numbers have been quality assured, they have not undergone the full quality assurance process that would be used for official statistics. An updated figure for the current number of cadet units parading has been provided by sources within MOD, since publication of ARAc.
Pages 21 and 22: Investment in UK industry: MOD Regional Expenditure with UK Industry and Commerce and Supported Employment 2018/19, Table 4 and Table 10.
Page 23: Defence Exports: Department for International Trade Defence and Security Organisation, UK Defence and Security Export Figures 2018, Chart 3 and Chart 7
Page 24: Innovation: MOD Annual Report and Accounts 2018-19, pages 61 to 62
Section 4: Managing the Department of State
Page 25: Gender Pay Gap: MOD Gender Pay Gap Report 2019, page 4 and Gender Pay Gap in the UK, 2019
Diversity: Armed Forces figures MOD Armed Forces Biannual Diversity Statistics October 2019; Civilian figures MOD Biannual Civilian Personnel Diversity Dashboard October 2019
Page 26: Covenant: MOD Annual Report and Accounts 2018-19, pages 78 to 79. An updated figure for the number of signatories was provided by sources within MOD, since publication of ARAc.
Page 27: Sustainability: MOD Annual Report and Accounts 2018-19, page 94
Page 28: Employment: Career Transition Partnership ex-service personnel employment outcomes 2018/19, various pages
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