Defence Business Services (DBS) is one of the largest ‘Shared Services Centres’ in Europe and was initially set up to deliver Corporate HR, Payroll, Armed Forces Pensions and Compensation, Finance, Vetting and Information Services across the Ministry of Defence (MOD).
History
DBS is an organisation within the UK Government's Ministry of Defence and is responsible for providing corporate services to the department. It was established on 4 July 2011 by bringing together several MOD executive agencies.[1]
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Headquarters: Main Building, Whitehall |
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| Defence Council | | Political |
- Secretary of State for Defence
- Minister of State for Defence Readiness and Industry
- Minister of State (Minister for the House of Lords)
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for the Armed Forces)
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Veterans and People)
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| Military | |
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| Civil Service |
- Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence
- Chief Scientific Adviser
- Director-General Finance
- Director-General Head Office and Commissioning Services
- Director-General Nuclear
- Director-General Security Policy
- Lead Non-Executive Board Member
- Non-Executive Defence Board Member and Chair of the People Committee
- Non-Executive Defence Board Member and Chair of the Defence Audit Committee
- Non-Executive Defence Board Member and Chair of the Defence Equipment and Support Board
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| Service boards |
- Admiralty Board (Navy Board)
- Army Board
- Air Force Board
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| Service commands |
- Navy Command
- Army Command
- Air Command
- Cyber & Specialist Operations Command
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Top-level budget agencies managed on an arm's-length basis | |
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| Regulatory organisations |
- Defence Safety Authority
- Single Source Regulations Office
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| Intelligence | |
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Non-departmental public bodies | |
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| Public corporations | |
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