File name
Service Leavers Database Scotland Data Dictionary
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.XLSX
Service Leavers Database linkage data - Scotland
Summary
Abstract
The Service Leavers Database - Scotland is a dataset provided by the Ministry of Defence containing records of UK armed forces leavers. The extract contains information on any service personnel who have left the service since circa 1975.
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Contact point
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Digital object identifier (DOI)Not available
Keywords
Publisher
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Identifier
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NameScottish Government
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Logo
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Description
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Contact point
Documentation
Description
The dataset comprises select variables from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) Service Leavers Database (SLD). The SLD holds information on any service personnel who have left the UK armed forces since circa 1975. The database is updated monthly from the MoD Joint Personnel Adminstration (JPA) system with details of UK armed forces personnel who have left the services in the preceding month. This extract contains only records of individuals who have lived in Scotland.
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Associated media
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Available resource files can be downloaded below.
File name
Service Leavers Database Scotland Indexing Report
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.PDF
File name
Data Dictionary Service Leavers Database Linkage Data Scotland%401.0.8
Type
.XLSX
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Coverage
Spatial
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Spatial coverage
Scotland
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Geographic levelscountry
Temporal
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Start date01/01/1975
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End date31/12/2023
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FrequencyAnnual
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Distribution release date10/04/2025
Provenance
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PurposeAdministrative
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SourceOther
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Collection situationNot available
Access and governance
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Conditions of accessAccess needs approval
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Usage
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Conditions of useApplication of Statistical Disclosure Control
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Resource creatorMinistry of Defence
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Is referenced byNot available
Access
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Access rights
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Access serviceAccess to this data is through submitting a completed application form to the mailbox: statistics.enquiries@gov.scot. The application form is available here: https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-government-statistics-request-our-data/, Find out about accessing secure datasets for research at https://www.researchdata.scot/accessing-data/data-access-overview/
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JurisdictionGB-SCT
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Data controllerMinistry of Defence, Scottish Government
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Data processorNot Applicable
Format and standards
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LanguageEnglish
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FormatCsv
Enrichment and linkage
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Related datasets
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Linkage opportunityThese datasets have been created through the ADR Scotland programme to enable linkage by using the National Records of Scotland population spine. https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/nrs-indexing/
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Tools
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Synthetic data
Synthetic data is not yet available for this dataset.
Data Dictionary
DOB_MONTH
Month of birth
GENDER
Gender
LENGTH_OF_SERVICE
Length of service in completed years
SERVICE
Service on exit
OFFRANK
Rank on exit
SERVICE_TYPE
Service type on exit
EVER_BEEN_REGULAR
Ever been a regular
EXIT_DATE
Service exit date
| Variable Name | Variable Description | Data type | |
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| dob_month | Month of birth | ||
| gender | Gender | ||
| length_of_service | Length of service in completed years | ||
| service | Service on exit | ||
| offrank | Rank on exit | ||
| service_type | Service type on exit | ||
| ever_been_regular | Ever been a regular | ||
| exit_date | Service exit date |