UNITED KINGDOM DEFENCE STATISTICS 2012 Release 2: Published 6 February 2013 (Revised: 19 February 2015) DASA (WDS) | tel: (020)78078792 | fax: (020)72180969 | mil: 9621 78792 MOD Main Building, Floor 3 Zone K, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2HB email: [email protected] web: http://www.dasa.mod.uk © Crown copyright 2011. For further information visit the Office of Public Sector Information website at www.opsi.gov.uk INTRODUCTION Welcome to the 2012 edition of UK Defence Statistics, the annual statistical compendium published by the Ministry of Defence. UKDS was assessed by the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) at the beginning of 2012 with the findings being published in UKSA report 210. The Assessment confirmed UKDS as a National Statistic subject to a number of recommendations being implemented prior to publication. This year UKDS is being published in two stages. Chapters 2 to 7 are being published on 12 December 2012. Chapter 1 will be published at a later date due to the late release of the MOD Annual Report & Accounts for FY 2011/12. This Chapter uses the underlying data from the accounts in the compilation of around a third of tables. Publishing a partial chapter would risk misinterpretation by users and would not present a comprehensive, joined up picture of the context, composition and impact of defence spending. Chapter 7 has been reviewed and, following a public consultation, most of the tables in Chapter 7 have been removed this year. Other changes include a new table in Chapter 2 (Intake and Outflow from Regular Forces), the removal of tables in Chapter 2 (Locally Entered Personnel and Civilian Personnel in Agencies and Trading Funds) and the extension of information on Cadets (Table 2.16) to include a time series. The commentary in all chapters has been updated to reflect feedback from the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) assessment of UKDS. This year UKDS is once again being issued as a web document only. Each chapter is available in pdf format which is suitable for printing. There is also a pdf version of the entire publication and of the UKDS factsheet. Individual pdf files have not been produced for each table in UKDS 2012 as analysis of usage rates of these files for UKDS 2011 has shown the level of use to be very low. As in 2011 we have also published Excel versions of each table, to allow the figures to be more easily reused. These can be accessed from the pdf and Excel versions page. Although UK Defence Statistics is produced according to the standards of the Official Statistics Code of Practice, some of the tables in UKDS do not have National Statistics status – some are produced by areas outside of the scope of the Government Statistical Service; some do not yet meet all the quality standards of the Official Statistics Code of Practice; and others have not gone through the required assessment process to be classed as National Statistics. All such tables are clearly marked with explanatory notes. MOD also publish a number of monthly, quarterly and annual statistical bulletins; these are available on the web site or from the contact points listed below. Contact DASA Defence Analytical Services and Advice (DASA) welcome feedback on statistical products. If you have any comments or questions about UK Defence Statistics or about DASA statistics in general, you can contact us as follows: Phone DASA WDS 020 7807 8792; Email [email protected]; Visit our website at www.dasa.mod.uk and complete the feedback form there. If you require information which is not available within this or other available publications, you may wish to submit a Request for Information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to the Ministry of Defence via the following link: http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/ContactUs/FreedomOfInformationInformationRequest.htm Other contact points within Defence Analytical Services and Advice are: Defence Expenditure Analysis 030 679 34529 dasa [email protected] Price Indices 030 679 32100 dasa [email protected] Naval Service Manpower 02392 547426 dasa-psa-navy [email protected] Army Manpower 01264 886175 dasa-psa-army [email protected] RAF Manpower 01494 496822 dasa-psa-air [email protected] Tri-Service Manpower 020 7807 8896 dasa-psa-tri [email protected] Civilian Manpower 020 7218 1359 dasa-psa-civ [email protected] Health Information 030 679 84423 dasa-health [email protected] Statistics Methodology Group 030 679 84457 dasa-smg-group [email protected] The Head of DASA WDS is the Responsible Statistician for UKDS. SYMBOLS AND CONVENTIONS Symbols } categories merged for some years || discontinuity in time series ~ fewer than five * not applicable .. not available p provisional r revised rp revised but still provisional e estimate - Zero or rounded to zero Italic figures are used for percentages and other rates, except where otherwise indicated. Rounding Where rounding has been used, totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and so may not equal the sums of their rounded parts. This also applies to Civilian personnel data expressed in terms of Full-Time Equivalents (FTE). When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. Revisions There are no regular planned revisions of UKDS. Amendments to figures for earlier years may be identified during the annual compilation of UKDS. This will be addressed in one of two ways i. where the number of figures updated in a table is small, figures will be updated and those which have been revised will be identified with the symbol "r". An explanation for the revision will be given in the footnotes to the table. ii. where the number of figures updated in a table is substantial the revisions to the table, together with the reason for the revisions will be identified in the commentary at the beginning of the relevant chapter / section, and in the commentary above affected tables. Revisions will not be identified by the symbol "r" since where there are a large number of revisions in a table this could make them more difficult to read. In 2012 this applies to a number of tables in Chapter 2 (Personnel). Occasionally updated figures will be provided to the editor during the course of the year. Since UKDS is now published electronically it is possible to revise figures during the course of the year. However to ensure continuity and consistency, figures will only be adjusted during the year where it is likely to substantially affect interpretation and use of the figures. Abbreviations See Glossary. CONTENTS UKDS 2012 Introduction UKDS 2012 Contents Tables marked as NS are National Statistics. Those tables without are either Official Statistics which have not been badged as National Statistics or are financial information provided for additional context. CHAPTER 1 - FINANCE Introduction Resource Accounting & Budgeting Departmental Resources Notes and Key Trends Table 1.1 Defence Expenditure Outturn NS Chart 1.1 UK Defence Expenditure: 1976/77 to 2011/12 NS Table 1.2 Public Expenditure by Departmental Grouping NS Table 1.3 Principal Headings of Defence Expenditure Outturn (Resource basis) NS Table 1.3a Defence Expenditure by Commodity Block NS Table 1.4 Estimated MOD Equipment Expenditure Table 1.5 MOD Resources by Budgetary Areas NS Table 1.6 MOD Non-Current Assets NS Table 1.7 MOD Research & Development Expenditure Outturn NS Table 1.8 External Income Earned by MOD NS Table 1.9 MOD Expenditure on External Assistance NS Table 1.10 Performance Against MOD Business Plan Indicators Defence Inflation Notes and Key Trends Table 1.11a Defence Inflation NS Table 1.11b UK General Inflation and Defence Inflation NS Table 1.11c Defence Inflation: Contracts NS Table 1.11d Defence Inflation: Labour Costs NS Industry Notes and Key Trends Table 1.12 Estimated Defence Expenditure Outturn in the UK: Breakdown by Industry Group NS Chart 1.12 Change in Real UK Defence Spending By Industry Group: 2005/06 - 2010/11 NS Table 1.13 MOD Payments on Private Finance Initiative (PFI) Projects: 2011/12 NS Table 1.13a PFI Projects with Planned MOD Unitary Charge Payments over £25 million: 2012/13 NS Chart 1.14a Proportion of MOD payments to Top 10 Defence Suppliers: By Holding Company: 2011/12 NS Chart 1.14b Change in MOD expenditure with Holding Company: 2006/07 - 2011/12 NS Chart 1.14c Dependency of Top 10 Suppliers on MOD Business NS Chart 1.14d Levels of Competitive Contracting with Key Suppliers NS Trade Notes and Key Trends Table 1.15 Estimates of Identified Export Orders: Defence Equipment & Services Table 1.16 Ministry of Defence Estimated Balance of Payments for Trade in Services Defence Contracts Notes and Key Trends Table 1.17 New Contracts Placed: By Type NS Table 1.18 Major Equipment Projects NS Table 1.19 Organisations paid £5 million or more by the Ministry of Defence in 2011/12 NS Table 1.19a Private Sector Companies paid £50 million or more by the Ministry of Defence in 2011/12: By Holding Company NS International Defence Notes and Key Trends Table 1.20 MOD Operations and Peacekeeping Costs NS Table 1.21 NATO Countries' Defence Expenditure 2007-2011 Table 1.22 NATO Countries' Defence Expenditure as % of GDP 2007-2011 Chart to 1.21 & 1.22 NATO Countries' Defence Expenditure and shown as a share of National Income: 2011 Table 1.23 Top World-wide Military Spenders: 2011 Chart to 1.23 Top Worldwide Military Spenders Defence Expenditure and shown as % of GDP: 2011 Chart 1.24a Defence Spending as a % of GDP: 1980-2011 Chart 1.24b Real Defence Spending per Capita: 1980-2011 Chart 1.24c Real Defence Spending Per Serviceman Chart