{"value":{"id":347308,"askingMemberId":4402,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2015-05-28T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2015-06-01T00:00:00","uin":"358","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current composition is of the Defence Board; when it last met; when the next scheduled meeting is; and what the scheduled meeting programme is thereafter.","answeringBodyId":11,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Defence","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":88,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2015-06-02T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Defence Board is composed of two Ministers, five senior officials and four non-executive directors, as follows:</p><p>Secretary of State for Defence, Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP;</p><p>Minister of State for Defence Procurement, Philip Dunne MP;</p><p>Permanent Under Secretary, Jon Thompson;</p><p>Chief of the Defence Staff, General Sir Nicholas Houghton;</p><p>Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach;</p><p>Director General Finance, Louise Tulett;</p><p>Chief of Defence Materiel, Bernard Gray;</p><p>Lead Non Executive Director, Sir Gerry Grimstone;</p><p>Non Executive Director, Graham Williams;</p><p>Non Executive Director, Paul Skinner;</p><p>Non Executive Director, Danuta Gray.</p><p>The Defence Board last met on 28 May 2015 and will next meet on 26 June 2015. The Defence Board meets every month, except August.</p><p> </p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Defence Board","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/347308","method":"GET"}]}