Admiralty Board (United Kingdom)

Admiralty Board
	Flag of the Admiralty Board
Agency overview
Formed	1964
Preceding agency	Board of Admiralty;
Jurisdiction	United Kingdom
Headquarters	Whitehall, Westminster, London
Agency executive	Grant Shapps ; Secretary of State for Defence;
Parent agency	Defence Council

The Admiralty Board is the body established under the

Navy Board

, which does not include any ministers.

The Admiralty Board was established with the abolition of the Board of Admiralty and the integration of the three service ministries into the Ministry of Defence.

The board is chaired by His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Defence and includes the professional heads of the navy, as well as various ministers and civil servants of the Ministry of Defence.

Membership of the board

The composition is as follows:^[2]

Civilian
- Secretary of State for Defence
- Minister of State for the Armed Forces
- Minister for Defence Procurement
- Minister for Defence People and Veterans
- Minister for Reserves
- Under Secretary of State & the Lords Spokesman on Defence
- Finance Director (Navy)
- Second Permanent-Under Secretary for Defence (Secretary of the Admiralty Board)
Royal Navy
- First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff
- Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff
- Fleet Commander
- Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy)

In addition, the following are usually in attendance:

Permanent Under Secretary
Commander, Allied Maritime Command
Commandant General Royal Marines
Warrant Officer of the Naval Service^[3]

Two

non-executive directors

Notes: Secretariat support is provided by the Naval Staff Policy/Secretariat and Sec/1SL.

References

^ "Ben Wallace Named New Defence Secretary". Forces Network. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
^ Government, H.M. "Admiralty Board, Royal Navy". royalnavy.mod.uk. Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
^ "Admirable". Daily Telegraph. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

[1] "Ben Wallace Named New Defence Secretary". Forces Network. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.

[2] Government, H.M. "Admiralty Board, Royal Navy". royalnavy.mod.uk. Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 23 July 2017.

[3] "Admirable". Daily Telegraph. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

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Admiralty Board
Chairman	Secretary of State for Defence
Civilian	Minister of State for the Armed Forces Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans Minister for Reserves Under Secretary of State & the Lords Spokesman on Defence Finance Director (Navy)
Naval	First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff Fleet Commander Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy)

Membership of the board

See also

References