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National Armaments Director

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the salary band for his Department's new National Armaments Director.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
15 Dec 2025
Target answer date
17 Dec 2025
Answer
18 Dec 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the salary band for his Department's new National Armaments Director.

  2. 17 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 18 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The National Armaments Director role is a Senior Civil Service (SCS) 4 role, the advertised range for the role was up to £400,000 base salary and an annual performance related payment of up to 60% of base salary.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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