Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the membership is of his Department's investment approvals committee.

The Investment Approvals Committee (IAC) is chaired by the Department’s Permanent Secretary but this role is normally delegated to Director General Finance, who is a member in their own right.

The other members of the Committee are: Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Military Capability), Director General Commercial, Chief Scientific Advisor, Chief Information Officer, Director General Industry, Trade and Economic Security, and for in-committee cases only, one of the Department's Non-Executive Directors is engaged, as well as a Non-Executive Director drawn from the wider Senior Civil Service. Membership of the IAC is reviewed annually.