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.
Updates to this page
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                Updated: 'Defence Board'. 
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                Updated 'Defence Nuclear Safety Expert Committee'. 
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                Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC). 
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                Added: 'Defence Board'. 
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                Updated 'OPA framework document'. 
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                'Nuclear Research Advisory Council' updated. 
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                'Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)' updated. 
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                Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC). 
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                Updated: The Independent Medical Expert Group (IMEG). 
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                Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC). 
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                Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC). 
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                Updated The Independent Monitoring Board for the Military Corrective Training Centre (IMBMCTC). 
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                Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC). 
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                Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC). 
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                Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC). 
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                Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC). 
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                Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC). 
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                Added public appointments to Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC). 
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                Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC). 
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                'Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)' updated. 
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                Updated 'Defence Nuclear Safety Expert Committee'. 
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                Added public appointments to Armed Forces Pay Review Body (AFPRB). 
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                Added public appointments to Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC). 
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                Added a public appointment for Single Source Regulations Office. 
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                Added a public appointment to Defence Nuclear Safety Committee. 
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                Added public appointments to Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC). 
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                Updated 'Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)'. 
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                Updated: The Independent Medical Expert Group (IMEG). 
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                Added a public appointment to Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC). 
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                Added a public appointment to 'Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)'. 
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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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