Ministry of Defence written question – answered am ar 6 Awst 2024.
James Cartlidge
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how he plans to assess the performance of service chiefs two years after their appointment.
Alistair Carns
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans)
The Secretary of State for Defence, supported by the permanent Secretary and the Chief of the Defence Staff, regularly takes stock of the performance of the Service Chiefs.
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Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
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