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The Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence, [1] [2] also called the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, [3] [4] is the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Defence. The office holder is the government's principal civilian adviser on Defence matters. [5] The office holder is a member of the Defence Council and the Defence ...
David Peter Williams CB (born December 1968 [2]) is a British civil servant who has served as the permanent under-secretary of state for defence since April 2021, succeeding Stephen Lovegrove. [3] He served as the second permanent secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United ...
Pages in category "Permanent Under-Secretaries of State for Defence" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence (generally known as the Permanent Secretary) is the senior civil servant at the MOD. Their role is to ensure that it operates effectively as a government department and has responsibility for the strategy, performance, reform, organisation and the finances of the MOD. [ 31 ]
The permanent secretary, who in some but not all government departments is known formally as the permanent under-secretary of state, is the accounting officer for a department, meaning that they are answerable to Parliament for ensuring that the department appropriately spends money granted by Parliament.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces is a mid-level ministerial position at the Ministry of Defence in the Government of the United Kingdom. It has been held by Luke Pollard since 2024. [1] The office sometimes acts as the deputy to the Secretary of State for Defence, when it is of Minister of State rank. [2]
As President Trump's new defence secretary, the former combat veteran and one-time Fox News television host will oversee a department of some three million employees and a $849bn (£695bn) budget. ...
The secretary of state is supported by the other ministers in the Defence Ministerial Team and the MOD permanent secretary. The corresponding shadow minister is the shadow secretary of state for defence, and the secretary of state is also scrutinised by the Defence Select Committee. [5]