Other Reports and Publications

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• Boards of Inquiry
• Concordat (Sept 02)
  Delivering Our Armed Forces Health Care Needs
• Defence Health Programme 2003/2007
  The Defence Health Programme is an essential percursor to improving medical support to military operations, and the healthcare of Service personnel.
• Defence Training Review (Apr 01)
  Modernising Defence Training: Report of the Defence Training Review
• Feasibility study on the extent, causes, impact and costs of rough sleeping and homelessness amongst ex-Service personnel in a sample of local suthorities in England (PDF 739Kb)
  Outcome of a collaborative project between King's College London Centre for Military Health Research and the University of Manchester commissioned by the MOD and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
• Future Capabilities: Government Response to the House of Commons Defence Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2004-05 (PDF 574Kb) (July 05)
  This paper constitutes the Government’s response to the House of Commons Defence Select Committee’s report, Future Capabilities (Fourth Report of Session 2004-05, HC 45-I), published on 17 March 2005 (PDF)
• Gulf Veterans' Illnesses
  Reports about significant events that occurred during the 1990/1991 Gulf conflict, briefings and reports to the House of Commons Defence Committee, and financial information.
• How to Order Factsheets, Leaflets and Booklets
  Details and instructions for ordering a variety of factsheets and leaflets on a number of defence-related issues, as well as hard copies of MOD booklets.
• Improving the Delivery of Cross Departmental Support and Services for Veterans’
  A new independent Cross Government funded report by Kings College London has produced a “needs map” for veterans that will be used to inform the direction of future veterans policy and research.
• Initial Training Reports
  • 2nd Re-appraisal of Initial Training - Oct 2004
  • Departmental Performance Report - Jul 2003
  • Re-appraisal of Initial Training - Jul 2003
  • Appraisal of Initial Training - Feb 2003
• Iraq: An Initial Assessment of Post Conflict Operations: Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2004–05 (PDF 144Kb) (Jul 05)
  The Government's response to The Defence Committee Sixth Report of Session 2004–05 on Iraq: An Initial Assessment of Post Conflict Operations (HC 65-I on 24 March 2005) (PDF) can be found here.
• Iraq:  First Reflections (Jul 03)
  Operation in Iraq - First Reflections
• Iraq:  Lessons for the Future (Dec 03)
  Operation in Iraq - Lessons for the Future
• Kosovo: Lessons from the Crisis (Jun 00)
  In March 1999, NATO launched Operation ALLIED FORCE, and air operations against Yugoslavia began. This paper sets out the background to the crisis and explains why the UK and NATO had to intervene and give an assessment of how we performed and gives details of the lessons we have learned and are implementing for the future.
• Memorandum of Understanding on The Code of Practice on Access to Government Information (Jul 03)
  Details of understanding between the Government and the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (the Ombudsman) on the operation of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.
• MOD Departmental Plan 2005-2009 (PDF 4.8Mb) (Dec 05)
  The Departmental Plan sets out the key performance priorities of the Defence Management Board (DMB) for the four financial years covering the period from April 2005 to the end of March 2009.
• MOD Efficiency Programme (Dec 05)
  This Technical Note explains how performance against the different components of MOD’s efficiency programme that come together to meet the target will be measured.
• MOD Performance Partnership Agreement (PPA) (2004-2006)
  The PPA forms the single, agreed vision of how the Ministry of Defence needs to develop to meet the challenges it faces, and the priority actions that need to be taken to achieve that vision.
• MOD Public Service Agreements
  Public Service Agreement (PSA), Service Delivery Agreements and Technical Notes
• North-East Airspace Team Statement (July 05)
  Joint statement from the Civil Aviation Authority and the MOD on the outcome of the review of the risk of collisions between commercial air transport aircraft and military fast jets flying in unregulated airspace in the north-east of the UK
• Report of further work commissioned from Boeing on Chinook ZD576 (Jun 02)
  • Boeing Report - Part 1a (PDF 2Mb)
  • Boeing Report - Part 1b (PDF 1Mb)
  • Boeing Report - Part 1c (PDF 2.3Mb)
  • Boeing Report - Part 1d (PDF 1.8Mb)
• The Government's Response To The Report From The Select Committee On Chinook ZD 576 (PDF 76Kb) (July 02)
  The Government's Response to the report from The Select Committee on Chinook ZD 576, House of Lords Session 2001-02 (HL Paper 25 (iii)
• Review of the Principal Service Museums (Oct 04)
  Reports of a Business Process Review of the Principal Service Museums
• Service Children's Education Ofsted Inspection Report
  Report from HMI Inspection Report of Service Children's Education (PDF 379Kb), which should be read in conjunction with the MOD Statement (PDF 66Kb).
• The Government’s Response to the House of Commons Defence Committee's Third Report of Session 2004-05, on Duty of Care (PDF 579Kb) (Jul 05)
  This paper sets out the Government’s response to the Defence Select Committee’s Report, Duty of Care, (third report of session 2004-5, published on 14 March 2005) (PDF)
• The Green Book: Defence and the Media in Times of Emergency
  The Green Book sets out working arrangements with the media in times of emergency, tension, conflict or war.
• Defence Estate: Stewardship Reports
  The Stewardship Report on the Defence Estate comes from a pledge made in 'In Trust or On Trust - the Strategy for the Defence Estate' to report annually against the Strategy's goals.
  • The Stewardship Report on the Defence Estate 2004 (PDF 7.3Mb)
  • The Stewardship Report on the Defence Estate 2003 (PDF 2.4Mb)
  • The Stewardship Report on the Defence Estate 2002 (PDF 1.8Mb)
  • The Stewardship Report on the Defence Estate 2001 (HTML)
• The United Kingdom's Nuclear Weapons Programme (Sept 01)
  Reports and studies conducted on the UK Nuclear Weapons Programme
• The White Book:
  • Commonwealth Defence Liaison Staffs & Foreign Service Attachés in London
    The canonical list of contacts for Commonwealth Defence Liaison Staffs & Foreign Service Attachés accredited to London.
  • A Guide to Appointments and Invitations
    The guide to Appointments & invitations for Defence Staffs within High Commissions & Embassies in London.  
• Upgrade to RAF Fylingdales Early Warning Radar (Jun 03)
  An independent environmental assessment of the upgrade of the early warning radar at RAF Fylingdales for Missile Defence.
• Women In the Armed Forces (May 02)
  A detailed study into the performance and suitability of women in close-combat roles. This Document reflects Ministry of Defence Service Personnel Policy as at May 2002.
• Zinc Cadmium Sulphide Dispersion Trials (Sept 01)
  Report by the Academy of Medical Sciences to the Chief Scientific Adviser, Ministry of Defence on the Zinc Cadmium Sulphide dispersion trials undertaken in the United Kingdom between 1953 and 1964.

Last Updated: 9 Dec 05