Service Justice Board
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2025 to Question 33508 on Defence Serious Crime Unit, how frequently does the Service Justice Board meet.
Answered by Al Carns
The Service Justice Board (SJB) is responsible to the Secretary of State for providing assurance that an effective and efficient system for dispensing Service Justice is in place, in support of the operational effectiveness of the Armed Forces.
The full membership of the SJB is:
- Minister for Veterans and People (Chair)
- A Minister from the Ministry of Justice
- The Solicitor General
- Ministry of Defence (MOD) Permanent Secretary
- Chief of Defence People
- Two Non-Executive Directors
- Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force Principal Personnel Officers
- Director Service Prosecutions
- Director Military Court Service
- Director MOD Legal Advisers
- The Victims’ Commissioner for England and Wales
- Observer
The Judge Advocate General (or nominated representative) is invited to attend the SJB as an observer, having due regard to the independence and constitutional separation from the executive function of Government as a member of the judiciary.
The SJB is held at least once a year. It last met on 3 December 2024.
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