In pursuit of these high level objectives the Defence Board’s core tasks are:
be ready to respond to tasks that might arise. achieve success in the military tasks we undertake, at home and abroad. In order to achieve this vision the Defence Board is responsible for pursuing 3 high level departmental objectives, namely: The Defence Board is responsible for the Defence Vision, which is: ‘To defend the United Kingdom and its interests, strengthen international peace and stability, and act as a force for good in the world’. It is responsible for the full range of defence business, other than the conduct of operations. The Defence Board is the highest committee in the Ministry of Defence ( MOD). The Defence Board is chaired by the Secretary of State and is responsible for top level strategic leadership of the Department, focusing on strategy and plans for generating military forces, including financial planning, performance against those plans, and risk. Commander Strategic Command General Sir Jim Hockenhull KBE ADC Gen. Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston KCB CBE ADC. Chief of the General Staff General Sir Patrick Sanders KCB CBE DSO ADC Gen. First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Sir Ben Key KCB CBE ADC. Second Permanent Secretary Laurence Lee. Vice Chief of the Defence Staff General Gwyn Jenkins CB OBE ADC. Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin KCB ADC. 
Minister for Defence People, Veterans and Service Families the Rt Hon Dr Andrew Murrison MP. Minister for the Armed Forces the Rt Hon James Heappey MP. Minister of State for Defence Procurement Alex Chalk KC MP. Secretary of State for Defence The Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP (Chair). The three Service boards (the Admiralty Board, the Army Board and the Air Force Board), which are sub-committees of the Defence Council, meet annually for each service chief to report to the Secretary of State on the health of their respective services. Via powers of prerogative, it gives the Secretary of State the ability to administer and command the Armed Forces by the Service Boards. 
The Secretary of State is the most senior individual in the Defence Council, which comprises of other Defence ministers, the Permanent Secretary, the Chief of Defence Staff, senior service officers and senior officials who head the armed services and the department’s major corporate functions.Ĭreated by Letters Patent in 1964 it is essential to the legal functioning of the MOD. The Defence Council is a formal body, with almost all of its work conducted by the Defence Board.
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