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Chiefs of Staff: Performance Appraisal

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how he plans to assess the performance of service chiefs two years after their appointment.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
25 Jul 2024
Target answer date
29 Jul 2024
Answer
6 Aug 2024 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how he plans to assess the performance of service chiefs two years after their appointment.

  2. 29 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 Aug 2024

    Answer published

    The Secretary of State for Defence, supported by the Permanent Secretary and the Chief of the Defence Staff, regularly takes stock of the performance of the Service Chiefs.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

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