Defence

Armed Forces Overarching Personnel Strategy

Armed Forces Overarching Personnel Strategy.

AFOPS is designed to provide the single Services with clear strategic direction for the policies they need to sustain their ability to conduct operations into the 21st Century. This document is targeted primarily at MOD and the single Service policy makers involved in the single Service’s own personnel change agendas and review work: including the Naval Service’s Personnel Strategy and TopMast1 agenda, key features of the Army’s Personnel Development Agenda and the ‘people’ pillar of the RAF Strategy.

Date: 4 Jan 00

Defence Departmental Investment Strategy

This document describes the MOD’s capital asset base, and explains why and how we plan to invest in capital assets in the future.

Date: 6 Jan 06

Defence Estate Strategy Paper

The publication of the Defence Estate Strategy paper that fulfils one of the commitments DE made at the time of the Government's 1998 Strategic Defence Review (SDR).

This document is retained for archive purposes and has now been superceded by the Defence Estate Strategy 2006.

Originally published in Nov 01.

Date: 9 Mar 06

Defence Estates Strategy 2006 - "In Trust and On Trust"

The Defence Estate Strategy 2006 is a high-level document focusing on the strategic development of the Defence estate. It sets out the course MOD intends to follow and will be used to guide future implementation activity.

Date: 23 Mar 06

Defence Industrial Strategy: Defence White Paper (CM 6697)

The UK Defence Industrial Strategy is aimed at ensuring that our Armed Forces are provided with the equipment that they require , on time, and at best value for money.
Introduction

The UK Defence Industrial Strategy was announced on 15 December 05 in Parliament by the Secretary of State for Defence.

The strategy is squarely aimed at ensuring that our Armed Forces are provided with the equipment that they require , on time, and at best value for money. We need to be assured that we can procure from a sustainable industrial base, that retains within the UK those industrial capabilities (including infrastructure, skills, intellectual property and capacity) that are required, from a national security perspective, to ensure our appropriate sovereignty.

Date: 15 Dec 05

Defence Training Review Report

Following the Strategic Defence Review published in 1998, the Ministry of Defence undertook a comprehensive and wide-ranging review of all aspects of individual training and education, both Service and Civilian.
The DTR IPT are taking forward a number of recommendations as part of the Director General Training and Education responsibilities. The following pages present the main report and supplementary information on the Defence Training Review, which was published in 2001.

Date: 10 Feb 06

Delivering Security in a Changing World: Defence White Paper 2003 (Cm 6041-I)

Presented to Parliament by The Secretary of State for Defence
By Command of Her Majesty
December 2003
Cm 6041-I

Date: 5 Jan 06

Delivering Security in a Changing World: Future Capabilities (Cm 6269)

Presented to Parliament by The Secretary of State for Defence
By Command of Her Majesty
July 2004

Cm 6269

Date: 5 Jan 06

Departmental Framework document

The MOD Departmental Framework sets out the framework in which the Ministry of Defence operates to deliver its departmental outputs. It explains the roles, responsibilities and governance arrangements that underpin the whole Department, and explains how these integrate to support the delivery of the departmental vision and outputs.

Date: 4 Jan 06

Enabling Acquisition Change

Enabling Acquisition Change - An examination of the Ministry of Defence’s ability to undertake Through Life Capability Management

Date: 3 Jul 06

Future Strategic Context - 2001

A look ahead at the future challenges facing UK Defence.

Date: 10 Mar 06

Performance Partnership Agreement 2004-2006

This agreement is between MOD and the centre of Government Treasury, Cabinet Office and No10).  It summarises MOD's plans for Departmental change (i.e. organisational change to ensure the Department is as effective as possible in delivering its aims).

Date: 20 Jan 06

MOD Welsh Language Scheme

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has adopted the principle that in the conduct of its business with the public in Wales, it will treat the English and Welsh languages on a basis of equality.  

This Scheme sets out how the Ministry of Defence will give effect to that principle. The Scheme applies equally to the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Ministry of Defence Headquarters and its agencies and trading funds. In drawing up the measures set out in the Scheme, the Department has taken account of what is appropriate in the circumstances and reasonably practicable.

Date: 14 Jul 06

Strategic Defence Review: A New Chapter (Cm5566)

Following the appalling events of 11 September, the then Secretary of State for Defence, Mr Geoff Hoon MP, announced that the Ministry of Defence would look again at its defence posture and plans to ensure that we have the right concepts, the right forces and the right capabilities to meet the additional challenges we face from international terrorism and asymmetric threats (defined as the threat of an attack by unconventional methods which would have a disproportionate effect).

Date: 21 Mar 06

The Strategic Defence Review - 1998 (CM3999)

A foriegn policy led Strategic Defence Review published in July 1998 to reassess Britain's security interests and defence needs and consider how the roles, missions and capabilities of our Armed Forces should be adjusted to meet the new strategic realities with Fact Sheets and Supporting Essays.

Date: 27 Feb 06