Ministry of Defence: Staff

(asked on 25th October 2021) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 21 of his Department’s Climate Change and Sustainability Strategic Approach published on 30 March 2021, what progress he has made in establishing an adequately resourced head office team whose activities are governed at the highest levels of defence and who oversee delivery of the strategic approach and a future implementation plan; and who will lead that team.


Answered by
Jeremy Quin Portrait
Jeremy Quin
This question was answered on 1st November 2021

The new Director of Climate Change and Sustainability was formally appointed in September 2021 and the majority of the directorate have been appointed and should be in post this year. The Terms of Reference of the MOD's Defence Safety and Environment Committee, chaired by the Permanent Secretary, have been amended to better reflect the significance of climate change and sustainability.

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