Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which office in his Department will oversee the Defence BattleLab.

The 1* responsible for Defence BattleLab currently sits within Army HQ. This chair responsibility will rotate between the three services. The team is staffed by Army and Royal Navy personnel with financial investment from the Defence Innovation Unit, the Army, the Royal Navy, Strategic Command, Dorset Council and Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership.

The Defence BattleLab Board has a representation from all of these bodies. The board also has a representation from the RAF, Dstl, The Defence and Security Accelerator and jHub Defence Innovation.