Guidance
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
Published 26 April 2013
Last updated
165 JuneAugust 2025
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5 August 2025
Updated 'Ministry of Defence's public appointments supplementary privacy notice'.
25 July 2025
Updated 'Armed Forces Pay Review Body (AFPRB)'.
16 June 2025
Updated 'Armed Forces Pay Review Body (AFPRB)'.
2 May 2025
Updated 'Single Source Regulations Office'.
29 April 2025
Updated 'Nuclear Research Advisory Council'.
25 April 2025
Updated 'Nuclear Research Advisory Council'.
22 April 2025
Updated: 'Defence Board'.
16 April 2025
Updated 'Defence Nuclear Safety Expert Committee'.
19 February 2025
Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
4 February 2025
Added: 'Defence Board'.
15 January 2025
Updated 'OPA framework document'.
3 December 2024
'Nuclear Research Advisory Council' updated.
11 November 2024
'Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)' updated.
18 October 2024
Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
18 October 2024
Updated: The Independent Medical Expert Group (IMEG).
15 October 2024
Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
11 October 2024
Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
10 October 2024
Updated The Independent Monitoring Board for the Military Corrective Training Centre (IMBMCTC).
10 September 2024
Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
29 August 2024
Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
6 August 2024
Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
22 July 2024
Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
12 July 2024
Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
12 July 2024
Added public appointments to Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
2 July 2024
Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
23 May 2024
'Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)' updated.
10 May 2024
Updated 'Defence Nuclear Safety Expert Committee'.
8 May 2024
Added public appointments to Armed Forces Pay Review Body (AFPRB).
29 April 2024
Added public appointments to Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
16 April 2024
Added a public appointment for Single Source Regulations Office.
15 April 2024
Added a public appointment to Defence Nuclear Safety Committee.
10 April 2024
Added public appointments to Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
4 April 2024
Updated 'Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)'.
26 March 2024
Updated: The Independent Medical Expert Group (IMEG).
7 March 2024
Added a public appointment to Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
6 March 2024
Added a public appointment to 'Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)'.
22 February 2024
Updated 'Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)'.
1 February 2024
Added latest appointments to 'Oil and Pipelines Agency'.
30 January 2024
Updated 'Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)'.
23 January 2024
Added latest appointments to 'Scientific Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less-lethal Weapons (SACMILL)'.
24 November 2023
Updated Ministry of Defence's public appointments supplementary privacy notice.
24 October 2023
Added public appointment to 'The Independent Medical Expert Group (IMEG)'.
5 October 2023
'Defence Nuclear Safety Committee' updated.
30 August 2023
Added a public appointment to 'Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)'.
29 August 2023
Added a public appointment to 'The Independent Monitoring Board for the Military Corrective Training Centre (IMBMCTC)'.
22 August 2023
'Armed Forces Pay Review Body (AFPRB)' updated.
22 June 2023
'Single Source Regulations Office' updated.
6 June 2023
Added a new appointment to the Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
24 May 2023
Added a new public appointment to 'Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)'.
23 May 2023
Added public appointments to 'The Independent Monitoring Board for the Military Corrective Training Centre (IMBMCTC)'.
16 May 2023
Added public appointments under 'Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)'.
12 May 2023
Updated 'Armed Forces Pay Review Body (AFPRB)'.
10 March 2023
Added 'Ministry of Defence's public appointments supplementary privacy notice'.
28 February 2023
'Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)' updated.
13 February 2023
'Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)' updated.
7 December 2022
Added public appointment to 'Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)'.
6 December 2022
Added public appointment to 'Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)'.
6 December 2022
Added public appointment to 'Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)'.
30 November 2022
'Defence Nuclear Safety Committee' updated.
18 November 2022
Added public appointment to 'The Independent Medical Expert Group (IMEG)'.
9 November 2022
Added public appointment to Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
31 October 2022
Added public appointment to The Independent Monitoring Board for the Military Corrective Training Centre (IMBMCTC).
17 October 2022
Added appointment under 'Nuclear Research Advisory Council'.
28 September 2022
Updated Defence Nuclear Safety Committee appointments.
28 September 2022
Added appointment to Defence Nuclear Safety Committee.
23 September 2022
Added latest appointments to the Nuclear Research Advisory Council.
1 September 2022
Added new appointments under Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
16 August 2022
Added Wales Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) Appointments to Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee.
15 August 2022
Added new appointment under Armed Forces Pay Review Body (AFPRB).
2 August 2022
Added an appointment announcement for the Nuclear Research Advisory Council.
27 July 2022
Added South West Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) Appointments.
20 July 2022
Updated Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) with latest announcements.
20 July 2022
Updated Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) with latest announcements.
14 July 2022
Updated Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) public appointments.
14 July 2022
Added South East Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) Appointments for June.
21 June 2022
Added: New announcement under VAPC.
21 June 2022
Added: Chair reappointment announcement under IMEG.
13 June 2022
Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) for June 2022.
26 May 2022
'Single Source Regulations Office' updated.
12 May 2022
Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) for May 2022.
5 May 2022
Updated: Defence Nuclear Safety Committee with information for May 2022.
30 March 2022
Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) by adding a new March heading and content for re-appointments.
3 March 2022
'Defence nuclear safety committee' updated.
18 February 2022
Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) under 2022 February heading.
18 January 2022
2022 updates added to Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) and Defence Nuclear Safety Committee.
6 January 2022
Updated: Oil and Pipelines Agency HTML page specifically under 2022 heading.
5 January 2022
Edited the description of the page.
4 January 2022
Addition of: Independent Medical Expert Group appointment for January 2022.
21 December 2021
Updated all the call to action boxes in all the attached HTML pages.
26 November 2021
Made 4 additions to November in Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) .
25 November 2021
November update added to Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
25 November 2021
Oil and Pipelines Agency update: Mr Simon Wills has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Oil and Pipelines Agency (OPA) Board.
10 November 2021
Addition of: November 2021 update for the Nuclear Research Advisory Council.
5 November 2021
'RAF Museum: Board of Trustees' updated with details of appointees to the RAF Museum Board of Trustees.
4 November 2021
'Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC)' updated with details of 6 new members appointed to the West Midlands region.
27 October 2021
Addition of: 2021 October update for the Armed Forces Pay Review Body and the Defence Nuclear Safety Committee.
9 June 2021
Addition of: Armed Forces Pay Review Body (AFPRB) May 2021 announcement.
27 May 2021
Addition of: May 2021 appointments to the Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) and the Single Source Regulations Office.
21 May 2021
Updated: Defence Nuclear Safety Committee by adding content under new heading: May 2021.
12 May 2021
Addition of: Nuclear Research Advisory Council 2021 announcement.
20 April 2021
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.
7 April 2021
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.
30 March 2021
Added an appointment entry for March 2021 in the Oil and Pipelines Agency.
29 March 2021
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).
9 March 2021
Added an update to the March 2021 VAPC committee: Wales and Yorkshire and Humber.
5 March 2021
Added an update to Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC).
1 March 2021
Addition of: SSRO February 2021 appointment.
5 February 2021
Added information to: The Independent Medical Expert Group (IMEG).
8 January 2021
Added a new appointment for the Armed Forces Pay Review Body (AFPRB) in November 2020.
24 November 2020
Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee for November 2020.
22 October 2020
Updated: Oil and Pipelines Agency public appointments.
16 October 2020
Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee.
12 August 2020
Addition of: 2020 appointments for The Independent Medical Expert Group (IMEG).
6 August 2020
Addition of: Defence Nuclear Safety Committee announcements for 2019 and 2020.
27 July 2020
Updated: Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC) with March 2020 content.
24 July 2020
Added: VAPC members reappointments February 2020 and Scientific Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less-lethal Weapons (SACMILL).
14 July 2020
Added a new appointment to the Armed Forces Pay Review Body (AFPRB) for July 2020.
1 July 2020
Additions of appointments for: the independent monitoring board for the military corrective training centre and nuclear research advisory council.
17 January 2020
Addition of singe source regulations office appointee.
23 December 2019
Updated the 'Oil and Pipelines Agency' HTML page with an extension of appointment notice.
22 October 2019
Added an appointment for the Nuclear Research Advisory Council for August 2019.
5 September 2019
Added new appointments to the Nuclear research advisory council and the RAF Museum.
2 July 2019
Updated the page to make it more accessible for all users and added IMEG new appointment for June 2019.
22 May 2019
Added the MOD public appointments for April, August, September and December 2018 and January and March for 2019.
22 June 2018
Added new appointments for June 2017, January 2018, March 2018 and August 2017.
26 April 2018
Added MOD public appointments for February 2018.
3 April 2018
Added announcements of public appointments for 2017 for the months of February, March, April, July and September.
12 June 2017
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.
22 February 2016
Added January 2016
18 January 2016
Added MOD public appointments for August, September and December 2015.
14 August 2015
Added MOD Public appointments for March and June 2015.
20 July 2015
Added updated December 2014 and updated February 2015 document
15 July 2015
Added appointments to April 2014 to January 2015
10 July 2015
Added amended document for October 2013 and new document for December 2013.
20 August 2014
Added 'MOD public appointments: November 2013'.
11 February 2014
Added the public appointments for October 2013
23 December 2013
Added appointments for March, June, July and August 2013
26 April 2013
First published.