Question follow-through · 65398

Ministry of Defence: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Q43 of the oral evidence given by him to the Defence Committee on 2 July 2025, HC 973, what the remuneration package for the announced Strategic Advisor and Head of Review and Challenge will be.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body: Ministry of Defence
Tabled: 7 Jul 2025
Target answer date: 9 Jul 2025
Answer: 14 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Votes on this topic

Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026

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Recorded timeline

7 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Q43 of the oral evidence given by him to the Defence Committee on 2 July 2025, HC 973, what the remuneration package for the announced Strategic Advisor and Head of Review and Challenge will be.
9 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jul 2025
Answer published
Malcolm Chalmers will be given remuneration for work in-line with agreed and existing SCS pay bands. The position is non-pensionable.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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