Ministry of Defence Agencies
There are 36
Agencies of the Ministry
of Defence. Please send any
comments or updates to Tim
Dymond.
The information on this page is supplied by
the Ministry of Defence Director General
Management and Organisation, Framework
Team. The Framework Team can be
contacted at: Framework Team FTD3, 2nd
Floor, St Giles Court, 1-13 St Giles
High Street, London, WC2H 8LD, Tel: 020
7 218 8171.
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Armed Forces
Personnel
Administration
Agency (AFPAA)
Administration
Agency Building
182
RAF Innsworth
Gloucestershire
GL3 1HW
01452 712612
Chief Executive Mr
Terence Lord
Launched 1 April 1997
Provides, on a
tri-service
basis, the data
and systems for
the payment of,
and the
personnel
management for,
all military
personnel. |
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Army
Base Repair
Organisation
(ABRO)
Building 200
Portway
Monxton Road
Andover
Hampshire
SP11 8HT
01264 383295
email: Marketing@abro.mod.uk
Chief
Executive: Mr
Mike Hayle
Launched 1 April 1993
Provides a repair and
refurbishment
service for the
Army. |
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Army Personnel Centre
(APC)
Kentigern House,
65 Brown Street
Glasgow
G2 8EX
0141 244 3015
Chief Executive:
Major General A
P Grant Peterkin
OBE
Launched 2 December
1996
Mans the Army,
manages the
career of Army
personnel,
provides Army
pay, personnel
and pensions
administration. |
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Army Training and
Recruitment
Agency (ATRA)
Trenchard Lines,
Upavon
Pewsey
Wiltshire
SN9 6BE
01980 615220
Chief Executive:
Major General
Anthony Palmer
CBE
Launched 1 July 1997
(previously Army
Individual
Training
Organisation
launched 1 April
1996)
Provides manpower
trained in the
individual
skills required
to sustain the
Army's military
effectiveness. |
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British Forces Postal
Services (BFPO)
Inglis Barracks
Mill Hill
London
NW7 1PX
020 8818 6310
Chief Executive: Brig
Barry Cash
Launched 1 July 1992
Previously Defence
Postal and
Courier Service
Agency (DPCSA).
Provides
world-wide mail
and a secure
courier service
for service
personnel and
the MOD. |
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Defence
Analytical
Services Agency
Ministry of
Defence,
Room 1/124
St Christopher
House
Southwark Street
London
SE1 0TD
020 7305 2193
email: info@dasa.mod.uk
Chief Executive: Mr
Colin Youngson
Launched 1 July 1992
Provides a range of
analytical an
statistical
services within
the manpower,
budgetary and
equipment areas
of the MOD's
activities.
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Defence Aviation
Repair Agency (DARA)
DARA Head
Office,
Building 145
RAF St Athan
Barry
Vale of
Glamorgan
CF62 4WA
01446 798893
Chief Executive Mr
Stephen Hill OBE
Relaunched as a
Trading Fund 1
April 2001.
Provides aviation
repair services
for the armed
forces.
TF |
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Defence
Bills Agency
(DBA)
Mersey House,
Drury Lane
Liverpool
L2 7PX
0151 242 2519
website: www.defencebills.gov.uk/
email: cao.dba@gtnet.gov.uk
Chief Executive:
Iain.S. Elrick
Launched 1 January
1996
Pays bills from MOD
contracts,
invoices and
collects MOD
receipts, and
provides
financial
management
information to
budget holders. |
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Defence
Communications
Services Agency
(DCSA)
Basil Hill Site,
Joint Services
Unit
Park Lane
Corsham
Wiltshire
SN13 9NR
01225 814785
email: Ce@dcsa.mod.uk
Chief Executive Major
General A (Tony)
J Raper CBE
Launched 1 April 1998
Aims to provide its
customers with
the optimum
end-to-end wide
area information
transfer
services to meet
Defence needs. |
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Defence Dental Agency
(DDA)
Defence Dental
Agency HQ,
RAF Halton
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
01296 623535
Chief Executive:
Major General J
A Gamon
Launched 1 March 1996
Provides dental
personnel to
supply dental
treatment for
service
personnel and
overseas
dependants. |
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Defence
Estates (DE)
St George’s
House,
Blakemore Drive
Sutton Coldfield
West Midlands
B75 7RL
0121 311 3850
email: De_hq@dial.pipex.com
Chief Executive: Mr
Ian Andrews CBE
TD
Relaunched 29 March
1999 (first
launched 17
March 1997)
Provides a defence-wide
overview of the
defence estate
and advises on
capital works
and property
management. |
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Defence Geographic
and Imagery
Intelligence
Agency (DGIA)
Watson Building,
Elmwood Avenue
Feltham
Middlesex
TW13 7AH
020 8818 2119
Chief Executive
Brigadier A P
Walker OBE
Launched 1 April 2000
Provides imagery
intelligence and
geographic
support to
Defence policy,
planning,
operations and
training. |
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Defence Housing
Executive (DHE)
St Christopher
House,
Southwark Street
London
SE1 OTE
020 7921 2777
Chief Executive Mr
John Wilson
Launched 1 April 1999
Administers service
personnel
housing needs. |
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Defence Intelligence
and Security
Centre (DISC)
Chickslands
Shefford
Bedfordshire
SG17 5PR
01462 752228
Chief Executive
Brigadier Chris
G Holtom
Launched 1 October
1996
Trains the armed
forces, and
other
intelligence
organisations,
in security,
psychological
and intelligence
operations. |
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Defence Medical
Training
Organisation (DMTO)
Building 87,
Fort Blockhouse
Gosport
PO12 2AB
0239276 5543
email: Hq.dmto@dial.piipex.cm
Chief Executive:
Brigadier J R
Brown
Launched 1 April 1997
Trains specialist
defence medical
personnel and
provides medical
services
training for
other service
personnel to
meet the
operational
requirements for
all three
services. |
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Defence
Procurement
Agency (DPA)
Maple£1.
MOD Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
0117913 0000
email: Cdp@dpa.mod.uk
Chief Executive Sir
Robert Walmsley
KCB MA FIEE
Launched 1 April 1999
Advises on all
aspects of
defence
procurement and
quality
assurance in
support of the
defence
procurement
budget. |
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Defence Secondary
Care Agency (DSCA)
Room 4/153
St Christopher
House,
90-114 Southwark
Street
London
SE1 0TD
020 7305 6042
email: Cgcallow@dsca.gov.uk |
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Defence Storage and
Distribution
Agency (DSDA)
HQ DSDA
Ploughly Road
Lower Arncott,
Bicester
Oxfordshire
OX6 0LD
01869 256804
Chief Executive Mr
Peter Foxton CBE
Launched 1 April 1999
Responsible for the
storage,
distribution and
issue of
ammunition and
stores. |
Defence
Science and Technology
Laboratory (DSTL)
DSTL Farnborough
Ively Road
Farnborough
Hampshire
GU14 0LX
Tel: 01252 455000
Fax 01252 455013
Chief Executive
Martin Earwicker
Launched 1 July 2001
In July 2001, the
Defence
Evaluation and
Research Agency
split into two
science and
technology
organisations.
QinetiQ,
at present a
wholly
Government owned
company will be
a UK PLC, and
will compete on
a world stage to
deliver
science-based
solutions to
customers and
their
communities
across the
globe. Defence
Science &
Technology
Laboratory
is a MoD agency,
providing
independent,
high quality
scientific and
technological
services to the
UK Armed Forces
and Government,
principally in
those areas
inappropriate
for the private
sector.
TF (1 July 2001) |
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Defence Transport and
Movements Agency
(DTMA)
Building 211,
DLO
Monxton Road
Andover
Hampshire
SP11 8HT
01264 382067
email: Dtma.andover@gtnet.gov.uk
Chief Executive Air
Cdre P Whalley
Launched 1 April 1999
Provides an agreed
surface, and
transport and
movements
service for the
world-wide
support of the
Armed Forces,
MOD, other
Government
Departments and
sponsored
organisations. |
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Defence Vetting
Agency (DVA)
Imphal Barracks
Fulford Road
York
YO10 4AS
01904 662616
Chief Executive Mr
Mike P B G
Wilson
Launched 1 April 1997
Carries out security
checks for
defence
employees, and
defence industry
staff, who have
access to
sensitive
government
information or
valuable
assets. It
also undertakes
some vetting
tasks for other
Government
Departments on a
repayment basis. |
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Disposal
Sales Agency
(DSA)
7th
Floor
Hercules House
6 Hercules Road
London
SE1 7DJ
020 7261 8826
email: dsawebquery@dial.pipex.com
Chief Executive Mr
Sym Taylor CBE
Launched 3 October
1994
Responsible for the
sale of surplus
MOD equipment
and stores. |
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Duke
of York’s
Royal Military
School
(DYRMS)
Dover
Kent
CT15 5EQ
01304 245024
Headmaster Mr John A
Cummings
Launched 1 April 1992
Provides
boarding-school
education for
the dependants,
aged between 11
and 18 years of
Service
personnel. |
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Medical Supplies
Agency (MSA)
Defence Medical
Equipment Depot
Drummond
Barracks
Andover
Hants
SP11 9RU
01264 798622
Acting Chief
Executive:
Jeremy Bains
(wef 16 July
2001)
launched 29 February
1996
Provides medical,
dental and
veterinary
material, blood
and blood
products,
trained
personnel and
technical and
logistical
medical support
to the Armed
Forces. |
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Meteorological
Office (Met
Office)
London Road
Bracknell
Berkshire
RG12 2SZ
01344 856608
email: Dchardy@meto.gov.uk
Chief Executive: Mr
Peter Ewins CB
Re-launched as a
Trading Fund 21
April 1996
(first launched
2 April 1990)
Provides
meteorological
services,
including
climate advice,
to Government
Departments, the
Armed Forces,
the public,
civil aviation,
shipping,
industry and
commerce.
TF 1 April 1996 |
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Ministry
of Defence
Police (MDP)
Headquarters
Wethersfield
Braintree
Essex
CM7 4AQ
01371 854000
Chief Executive Mr
Lloyd Clarke QPM
Launched 1 April 1996
Prevention of crime
within the MOD
estate. In
addition, the
Force has
special
responsibility
for the policing
and security of
key areas of
Defence and
other
organisations,
including the
Crown. |
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Naval Manning Agency
(NMA)
Victory Building
HM Naval Base
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO1 3LS
023 9272 7422
Chief Executive Rear
Admiral Jeremy
de Halpert CB
Launched 1 July 1996
To ensure that
sufficient
manpower is
available on the
trained strength
and deployed
effectively in
peace,
transition to
war or war. |
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Naval Recruiting and
Training Agency
(NRTA)
Victory Building
HM Naval Base
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO1 3LS
023 9272 7600
Chief Executive Rear
Admiral John
Chadwick CB
Launched 1 April 1995
Recruits to the Naval
Service, and
trains and
develops
personnel
throughout their
subsequent
careers. |
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Pay &
Personnel Agency (PPA)
PO Box 99
Bath
BA1 1YT
Tel: 01225 882105
Fax: 01225
828728
Chief Executive David
Ball
Launched 1 February
1996
Provides a pay and
personnel
information
service to the
MOD and other
customers in the
public sector. |
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Queen
Victoria School (QVS)
Dunblane
Perthshire
FK15 0JY
01786 822 288
Headmaster Mr B Raine
BA
Launched 1 April 1992
Provides a stable and
uninterrupted
boarding
education,
between the ages
of 11 to 18, for
the sons of
Scottish
sailors,
soldiers, and
airmen. |
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RAF Personnel
Management
Agency (RAF PMA)
HQ Personnel
& Training
Command,
RAF Innsworth
Gloucester
GL3 1EZ
01452 712612
Chief Executive Air
Vice Marshal Ian
Stewart CB, AFC
Launched 1 February
1997
Enables the RAF to
meet its
manpower
commitments in
war, crisis,
tension and
peace. |
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RAF
Training Group
(TGDA)
Headquarters
RAF Innsworth
Gloucestershire
GL3 1EZ
01452 712612
Chief Executive Air
Vice Marshal Ian
S Corbitt RAF
Launched 1 April 1994
Provides flying and
ground training
to meet the
operational
requirements of
the RAF. |
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Service Children’s
Education (SCE)
HQ UKSCE
BFPO 40
0049 2161 908 2295
email: Tutor@bfgnet.de
Chief Executive: Mr
David Wadsworth
Relaunched 1 April
1996 (previously
SCS(NWE))
Provides education
for dependant
children
residing with
MOD personnel
serving outside
the UK and
provides advice
and support to
Service parents
on maintained
and independent
schools
provision in the
UK. |
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UK
Hydrographic
Office
Admiralty Way
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 2DN
01823 337900
email: Enquiries@hydro.gov.uk
Chief Executive: Dr
Wyn Williams
Re-launched as a
Trading Fund 1
April 1996
(first launched
April 1990)
Produces charts and
navigational
publications for
the Royal Navy
and other
customers at
home and abroad.
TF (1 April 1996) |
War
Pensions Agency
(WPA)
Tomlison House
Government Buildings
Norcross
Blackpool
FY5 3WP
01253 333834
email: Warpensions@gtnet.gov.uk
Acting Chief
Executive Alan
Burnham
Launched as an
Executive
Agency: 13 April
1994 (DSS) from
elements of the
Benefits
Agency.
Transferred to
the MoD 11
June 2001.
The War Pensions
Agency provides
financial and
welfare support
to war disabled
pensioners and
war widows. |
Warship
Support Agency (WSA)
Corporate Communications
Group
Room A19, Block B
DLO Foxhill
Bath
BA1 5AB
email: shipsbicsup.mod.fh@gtnet.gov.uk
Chief
Executive Mr
John Coles
The Warship Support
Agency was
formed on 2nd
April 2001 by
the merger of
the majority of
the Naval Bases
and Supply
Agency (NBSA)
and the Ships
Support Agency
(SSA), both of
which were part
of the former
Naval Support
Command, and
since 1st April,
2000 the Defence
Logistics
Organisation
(DLO). Its
role is to
supply the fleet
worldwide. |
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Please send any comments or updated
information to:
Tim Dymond,
Modernising Public Services Group,
The Cabinet Office,
Admiralty Arch, Room 3.11b
The Mall
London
SW1A 2WH
Tel 0044 (0) 20 -7276-1707
Fax 0044 (0) 20 -7276-1770
E-mail Tim.Dymond@Cabinet-Office.x.gsi.gov.uk
Last updated 19 September 2001
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