Defence Council of the United Kingdom

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defence council government body

The Defence Council of the United Kingdom is the senior body responsible for the overall direction and administration of the British Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defence.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Defence Council of the United Kingdom canonical 15
Army Board of the Defence Council 1
Defence Council (United Kingdom) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defence council ⓘ
government body ⓘ
advises Prime Minister ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
authorityOver British Army ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
chairperson Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
delegatesTo Defence Board ⓘ
establishedInPeriod 1960s ⓘ
formedFrom Air Council ⓘ
Army Council ⓘ
Board of Admiralty ⓘ
hasCommittee Defence Board ⓘ
hasSubBody Naval Board of the Defence Council ⓘ
surface form: Admiralty Board

Air Council ⓘ
surface form: Air Force Board

Army Council ⓘ
surface form: Army Board
headOfCouncil Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
includesMember Chief of the Air Staff ⓘ
Chief of the Defence Staff ⓘ
Chief of the General Staff ⓘ
First Sea Lord ⓘ
Minister of State for the Armed Forces ⓘ
Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
Vice Chief of the Defence Staff ⓘ
other defence ministers ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasis Defence (Transfer of Functions) Act 1964 ⓘ
location London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
meetsAt Ministry of Defence Main Building, Whitehall ⓘ
oversees British Armed Forces ⓘ
Ministry of Defence ⓘ
parentOrganization UK government ⓘ
surface form: Government of the United Kingdom
partOf UK national security apparatus ⓘ
replaced Air Council ⓘ
Army Council ⓘ
Board of Admiralty ⓘ
reportsTo British Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
responsibleFor administration of the British Armed Forces ⓘ
administration of the Ministry of Defence ⓘ
overall direction of the British Armed Forces ⓘ
overall direction of the Ministry of Defence ⓘ
role exercise of the royal prerogative in defence matters ⓘ
top-level management of the UK armed forces ⓘ
sector defence ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chief of the Air Staff → partOf → Defence Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Headquarters Commander Home Command → subordinateTo → Defence Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Army Board of the Defence Council
First Sea Lord → memberOf → Defence Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Second Sea Lord → memberOf → Defence Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Armed Forces Act → relatedTo → Defence Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
UK Reserve Forces → governedBy → Defence Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty → isPartOfHistoryOf → Defence Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom defence administration
Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) → memberOf → Defence Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Royal Navy Fleet Commander → associatedWith → Defence Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Royal Navy Fleet Commander → appointedBy → Defence Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Army Board of the Defence Council → parentOrganization → Defence Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom) → memberOf → Defence Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Naval Board of the Defence Council → partOf → Defence Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Naval Board of the Defence Council → subordinateTo → Defence Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Naval Board of the Defence Council → reportsTo → Defence Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
British Army military justice system → overseenBy → Defence Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Chief of the Defence Staff → memberOf → Defence Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Royal Navy Command → subordinateTo → Defence Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Defence Council (United Kingdom)