Public appointments for Ministry of Defence
The Ministry of Defence is responsible for making public appointments to a range of public bodies and public corporations.
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The department is committed to appointments to public bodies being made on merit. Ministerial appointments to Non-departmental public bodies and public corporations are made in accordance with the Governance Code on Public Appointments.
See the Cabinet Office website for current vacancies.
Last updated
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              Updated 'Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)'. 
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              Added latest appointments to 'Oil and Pipelines Agency'. 
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              Updated 'Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)'. 
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              Added latest appointments to 'Scientific Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less-lethal Weapons (SACMILL)'. 
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              Updated Ministry of Defence's public appointments supplementary privacy notice. 
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              Added public appointment to 'The Independent Medical Expert Group (IMEG)'. 
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              'Defence Nuclear Safety Committee' updated. 
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              Added a public appointment to 'Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)'. 
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              Added a public appointment to 'The Independent Monitoring Board for the Military Corrective Training Centre (IMBMCTC)'. 
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              'Armed Forces Pay Review Body (AFPRB)' updated. 
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              'Single Source Regulations Office' updated. 
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              Added a new appointment to the Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC). 
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              Added a new public appointment to 'Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)'. 
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              Added public appointments to 'The Independent Monitoring Board for the Military Corrective Training Centre (IMBMCTC)'. 
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              Added public appointments under 'Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)'. 
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              Updated 'Armed Forces Pay Review Body (AFPRB)'. 
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              Added 'Ministry of Defence's public appointments supplementary privacy notice'. 
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              'Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)' updated. 
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              'Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)' updated. 
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              Added public appointment to 'Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)'. 
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              Added public appointment to 'Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)'. 
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              Added public appointment to 'Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)'. 
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              'Defence Nuclear Safety Committee' updated. 
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              Added public appointment to 'The Independent Medical Expert Group (IMEG)'. 
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              Added public appointment to Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC). 
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              Added public appointment to The Independent Monitoring Board for the Military Corrective Training Centre (IMBMCTC). 
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              Added appointment under 'Nuclear Research Advisory Council'. 
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              Updated Defence Nuclear Safety Committee appointments. 
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              Added appointment to Defence Nuclear Safety Committee. 
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              Added latest appointments to the Nuclear Research Advisory Council. 
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              Added new appointments under Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC). 
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              Added Wales Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) Appointments to Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee. 
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              Added new appointment under Armed Forces Pay Review Body (AFPRB). 
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              Added an appointment announcement for the Nuclear Research Advisory Council. 
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              Added South West Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) Appointments. 
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              Updated Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) with latest announcements. 
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              Updated Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) with latest announcements. 
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              Updated Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) public appointments. 
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              Added South East Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) Appointments for June. 
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              Added: New announcement under VAPC. 
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              Added: Chair reappointment announcement under IMEG. 
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              Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) for June 2022. 
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              'Single Source Regulations Office' updated. 
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              Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) for May 2022. 
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              Updated: Defence Nuclear Safety Committee with information for May 2022. 
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              Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) by adding a new March heading and content for re-appointments. 
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              'Defence nuclear safety committee' updated. 
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              Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) under 2022 February heading. 
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              2022 updates added to Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) and Defence Nuclear Safety Committee. 
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              Updated: Oil and Pipelines Agency HTML page specifically under 2022 heading. 
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              Edited the description of the page. 
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              Addition of: Independent Medical Expert Group appointment for January 2022. 
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              Updated all the call to action boxes in all the attached HTML pages. 
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              Made 4 additions to November in Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) . 
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              November update added to Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC). 
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              Oil and Pipelines Agency update: Mr Simon Wills has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Oil and Pipelines Agency (OPA) Board. 
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              Addition of: November 2021 update for the Nuclear Research Advisory Council. 
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              'RAF Museum: Board of Trustees' updated with details of appointees to the RAF Museum Board of Trustees. 
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              'Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)' updated with details of 6 new members appointed to the West Midlands region. 
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              Addition of: 2021 October update for the Armed Forces Pay Review Body and the Defence Nuclear Safety Committee. 
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              Addition of: Armed Forces Pay Review Body (AFPRB) May 2021 announcement. 
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              Addition of: May 2021 appointments to the Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) and the Single Source Regulations Office. 
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              Updated: Defence Nuclear Safety Committee by adding content under new heading: May 2021. 
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              Addition of: Nuclear Research Advisory Council 2021 announcement. 
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              Updated: Scientific Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less-lethal Weapons (SACMILL) by adding new heading and information under April 2021; and Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) by adding appointment of members under heading 2021 - April - London. 
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              Updated: RAF Museum: Board of Trustees adding an April 2021 heading and Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC), adding a April heading for West Scotland. 
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              Added an appointment entry for March 2021 in the Oil and Pipelines Agency. 
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              Updated and added: new headings to the Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC); and, added a March 2021 heading to: Scientific Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less-lethal Weapons (SACMILL). 
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              Added an update to the March 2021 VAPC committee: Wales and Yorkshire and Humber. 
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              Added an update to Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC). 
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              Addition of: SSRO February 2021 appointment. 
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              Added information to: The Independent Medical Expert Group (IMEG). 
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              Added a new appointment for the Armed Forces Pay Review Body (AFPRB) in November 2020. 
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              Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee for November 2020. 
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              Updated: Oil and Pipelines Agency public appointments. 
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              Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee. 
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              Addition of: 2020 appointments for The Independent Medical Expert Group (IMEG). 
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              Addition of: Defence Nuclear Safety Committee announcements for 2019 and 2020. 
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              Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) with March 2020 content. 
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              Added: VAPC members reappointments February 2020 and Scientific Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less-lethal Weapons (SACMILL). 
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              Added a new appointment to the Armed Forces Pay Review Body (AFPRB) for July 2020. 
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              Additions of appointments for: the independent monitoring board for the military corrective training centre and nuclear research advisory council. 
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              Addition of singe source regulations office appointee. 
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              Updated the 'Oil and Pipelines Agency' HTML page with an extension of appointment notice. 
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              Added an appointment for the Nuclear Research Advisory Council for August 2019. 
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              Added new appointments to the Nuclear research advisory council and the RAF Museum. 
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              Updated the page to make it more accessible for all users and added IMEG new appointment for June 2019. 
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              Added the MOD public appointments for April, August, September and December 2018 and January and March for 2019. 
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              Added new appointments for June 2017, January 2018, March 2018 and August 2017. 
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              Added MOD public appointments for February 2018. 
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              Added announcements of public appointments for 2017 for the months of February, March, April, July and September. 
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              Added documents for public appointments in: December 2014, June 2015, February 2016, March 2016, May 2016, June 2016, August 2016, September 2016, November 2016, December 2016. 
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              Added January 2016 
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              Added MOD public appointments for August, September and December 2015. 
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              Added MOD Public appointments for March and June 2015. 
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              Added updated December 2014 and updated February 2015 document 
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              Added appointments to April 2014 to January 2015 
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              Added amended document for October 2013 and new document for December 2013. 
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              Added 'MOD public appointments: November 2013'. 
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              Added the public appointments for October 2013 
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              Added appointments for March, June, July and August 2013 
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              First published. 
Update history
2025-10-01 09:00
Updated ‘The Independent Medical Expert Group (IMEG)’.
2025-09-25 10:35
Updated ‘Defence Nuclear Safety Expert Committee’.
2025-09-17 16:37
Updated ‘The Independent Medical Expert Group (IMEG)’.
2025-08-05 14:59
Updated ‘Ministry of Defence’s public appointments supplementary privacy notice’.
2025-07-25 16:27
Updated ‘Armed Forces Pay Review Body (AFPRB)’.
2025-06-16 15:22
Updated ‘Armed Forces Pay Review Body (AFPRB)’.
2025-05-02 14:53
Updated ‘Single Source Regulations Office’.
2025-04-29 16:19
Updated ‘Nuclear Research Advisory Council’.
2025-04-25 15:59
Updated ‘Nuclear Research Advisory Council’.
2025-04-22 10:14
Updated: ‘Defence Board’.
2025-04-16 16:12
Updated ‘Defence Nuclear Safety Expert Committee’. 
2025-02-19 10:29
Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
2025-02-04 11:36
Added: ‘Defence Board’.
2025-01-15 10:35
Updated ‘OPA framework document’.
2024-12-03 11:58
‘Nuclear Research Advisory Council’ updated.
2024-11-11 14:05
‘Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)’ updated.
2024-10-18 15:28
Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
2024-10-18 10:28
Updated: The Independent Medical Expert Group (IMEG).
2024-10-15 13:38
Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
2024-10-11 15:56
Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
2024-10-10 10:58
Updated The Independent Monitoring Board for the Military Corrective Training Centre (IMBMCTC).
2024-09-10 16:14
Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
2024-08-29 09:37
Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
2024-08-06 10:51
Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
2024-07-22 14:24
Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
2024-07-12 12:10
Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
2024-07-12 08:55
Added public appointments to Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
2024-07-02 16:07
Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
2024-05-23 11:26
‘Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)’ updated. 
2024-05-10 11:20
Updated ‘Defence Nuclear Safety Expert Committee’.
2024-05-08 15:16
Added public appointments to Armed Forces Pay Review Body (AFPRB).
2024-04-29 15:47
Added public appointments to Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
2024-04-16 14:33
Added a public appointment for Single Source Regulations Office.
2024-04-15 11:05
Added a public appointment to Defence Nuclear Safety Committee.
2024-04-10 14:50
Added public appointments to Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
2024-04-04 10:33
Updated ‘Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)’.
2024-03-26 09:04
Updated: The Independent Medical Expert Group (IMEG).
2024-03-07 15:19
Added a public appointment to Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
2024-03-06 13:37
Added a public appointment to ‘Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)’.
2024-02-22 09:28
Updated ‘Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)’.
2024-02-01 15:09
Added latest appointments to ‘Oil and Pipelines Agency’. 
2024-01-30 13:42
Updated ‘Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)’.
2024-01-23 14:57
Added latest appointments to ‘Scientific Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less-lethal Weapons (SACMILL)’.
2023-11-24 15:42
Updated Ministry of Defence’s public appointments supplementary privacy notice.
2023-10-24 16:02
Added public appointment to ‘The Independent Medical Expert Group (IMEG)’.
2023-10-05 16:50
‘Defence Nuclear Safety Committee’ updated.
2023-08-30 15:31
Added a public appointment to ‘Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)’.
2023-08-29 14:56
Added a public appointment to ‘The Independent Monitoring Board for the Military Corrective Training Centre (IMBMCTC)’.
2023-08-22 09:48
‘Armed Forces Pay Review Body (AFPRB)’ updated.
2023-06-22 16:35
‘Single Source Regulations Office’ updated.
2023-06-06 14:21
Added a new appointment to the Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
2023-05-24 14:30
Added a new public appointment to ‘Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)’.
2023-05-23 14:10
Added public appointments to ‘The Independent Monitoring Board for the Military Corrective Training Centre (IMBMCTC)’.
2023-05-16 10:14
Added public appointments under ‘Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)’.
2023-05-12 15:53
Updated ‘Armed Forces Pay Review Body (AFPRB)’.
2023-03-10 15:39
Added ‘Ministry of Defence’s public appointments supplementary privacy notice’.
2023-02-28 10:52
‘Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)’ updated.
2023-02-13 11:04
‘Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)’ updated.
2022-12-07 10:09
Added public appointment to ‘Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)’.
2022-12-06 14:52
Added public appointment to ‘Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)’.
2022-12-06 10:51
Added public appointment to ‘Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)’.
2022-11-30 12:25
‘Defence Nuclear Safety Committee’ updated.
2022-11-18 10:35
Added public appointment to ‘The Independent Medical Expert Group (IMEG)’.
2022-11-09 14:58
Added public appointment to Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
2022-10-31 12:07
Added public appointment to The Independent Monitoring Board for the Military Corrective Training Centre (IMBMCTC). 
2022-10-17 14:45
Added appointment under ‘Nuclear Research Advisory Council’.
2022-09-28 14:00
Updated Defence Nuclear Safety Committee appointments.
2022-09-28 08:13
Added appointment to Defence Nuclear Safety Committee.
2022-09-23 15:58
Added latest appointments to the Nuclear Research Advisory Council.
2022-09-01 10:41
Added new appointments under Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
2022-08-16 16:09
Added Wales Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) Appointments to Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee.
2022-08-15 13:58
Added new appointment under Armed Forces Pay Review Body (AFPRB).
2022-08-02 15:01
Added an appointment announcement for the Nuclear Research Advisory Council.
2022-07-27 10:57
Added South West Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) Appointments.
2022-07-20 14:51
Updated Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) with latest announcements.
2022-07-20 14:02
Updated Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) with latest announcements.
2022-07-14 16:41
Updated Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) public appointments.
2022-07-14 16:34
Added South East Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) Appointments for June.
2022-06-21 16:10
Added: New announcement under VAPC.
2022-06-21 15:33
Added: Chair reappointment announcement under IMEG.
2022-06-13 15:01
Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) for June 2022.
2022-05-26 10:08
‘Single Source Regulations Office’ updated.
2022-05-12 11:57
Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) for May 2022.
2022-05-05 15:55
Updated: Defence Nuclear Safety Committee with information for May 2022.
2022-03-30 16:01
Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) by adding a new March heading and content for re-appointments.
2022-03-03 10:45
‘Defence nuclear safety committee’ updated.
2022-02-18 13:41
Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) under 2022 February heading.