Joint Intelligence Committee

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The Joint Intelligence Committee is part of the Cabinet Office, whose website states that it is "responsible for providing Ministers and senior officials with co-ordinated interdepartmental intelligence assessments on a range of issues of immediate and long-term importance to national interests, primarily in the fields of security, defence and foreign affairs."[1]

The JIC's members are 'senior officials in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Ministry of Defence (including the Chief of Defence Intelligence), Home Office, Department of Trade and Industry, Department for International Development, Treasury and Cabinet Office, the Heads of the three intelligence Agencies and the Chief of the Assessments Staff. Other Departments attend as necessary.'[2]

The JIC 'is supported by the Assessments Staff, which consists of a range of analytical staff seconded from various departments, services and disciplines.'[3]

The Assessments Staff 'works closely' with the intelligence agencies and other government departments. Its draft assessments are 'subject to formal interdepartmental scrutiny in Current Intelligence Groups, which bring together experts from a range of government departments and the Agencies.'[4]

The post of Professional Head of Intelligence Analysis was established within the the Cabinet Office in 2005, as part of the Government's response to Lord Butler's Review of Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction.[5]

The JIC (through the Assessments Staff) and the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre 'both play an important role in analysing and assessing international terrorism. JTAC sets threat levels and issues timely threat warnings as well as more in-depth reports on trends, terrorist networks and capabilities for a wide range of customers. JIC assessments of terrorism are more strategic and place JTAC assessments in a broader geopolitical context for Ministers and senior officials.'[6]


People

Chairs

# Name Term start Term end Term length
1 Sir Ralph Stevenson 1936 1939 3 years
2 Victor Cavendish-Bentinck 1939 1945 6 years
3 Sir Harold Caccia 1945 1948 3 years
4 Sir William Hayter 1948 1949 1 year
5 Sir Patrick Reilly 1950 1953 3 years
6 Sir Patrick Dean 1953 1960 7 years
7 Hugh S. Stephenson 1960 1963 3 years
8 Sir Bernard Burrows 1963 1966 3 years
9 Sir Denis Greenhill 1966 1968 2 years
10 Sir Edward Peck 1968 1970 2 years
11 Sir Stewart Crawford 1970 1973 3 years[7]
12 Sir Geoffrey Arthur 1973 1975 2 years[8]
13 Sir Antony Duff 1975 1979 4 years[9]
14 Sir Anthony Acland 1979 1982 3 years[10]
15 Sir Patrick Wright 1982 1984 2 years[11]
16 Sir Percy Cradock 1985 1992 7 years[12]
17 Sir Rodric Braithwaite 1992 1993 1 year[13]
18 Dame Pauline Neville-Jones 1993 1994 1 year[14]
19 Sir Paul Lever 1994 1996 2 years
20 Sir Colin Budd 1996 1997 1 year
21 Sir Michael Pakenham 1997 2000 3 years[15]
22 Sir Peter Ricketts 2000 2001 1 year[16]
23 Sir John Scarlett 2001 2004 3 years[17]
24 Sir William Ehrman 2004 2005 1 year
25 Sir Richard Mottram 2005 2007 2 years[18]
26 Alex Allan 2007 2011 4 years[19]
27 Sir Jon Day 2012 2015 3 years[20]
28 Sir Charles Farr 2015 2019 4 years[21]
29 Sir Simon Gass June 2019 2023 ~4 years[22]
30 Dame Madeleine Alessandri 1 July 2023 present ~2 years 10 months (as of April 2026)[23]

Related

Joint Intelligence Organisation | Prime Minister's Security Adviser and Head of Intelligence, Security, and Resilience | Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of Intelligence Assessment

Notes

  1. ↑ The Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), Cabinet Office, accessed 2 August 2009.
  2. ↑ The Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), Cabinet Office, accessed 6 March 2010.
  3. ↑ The Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), Cabinet Office, accessed 6 March 2010.
  4. ↑ The Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), Cabinet Office, accessed 6 March 2010.
  5. ↑ The Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), Cabinet Office, accessed 6 March 2010.
  6. ↑ The Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), Cabinet Office, accessed 6 March 2010.
  7. ↑ https://archive.ph/HaXTZ
  8. ↑ Saki Dockrill and Geraint Hughes, Palgrave Advances in Cold War History, Palgrave Advances, 2006, p.16.
  9. ↑ https://www.mi5.gov.uk/about-us/director-general/former-directors-general/sir-antony-duff
  10. ↑ Michael White and Richard Norton-Taylor, The Franks Report and the Foreign Office, Manchester Guardian Weekly, 23 January 1983.
  11. ↑ Patrick Wright, Patrick Wright: The PM thinks the debate is over. He is wrong, 15 July 2004.
  12. ↑ Michael Pye, EYES on the spies, The Scotsman, 15 March 2002.
  13. ↑ rodricbraithwaite.co.uk, accessed 2 August 2009.
  14. ↑ Colin Brown, High-flyer leaves secret role for Foreign Office: Diplomat moved from intelligence to be political director, Independent, 25 January 1994.
  15. ↑ The future of NATO, in Europe and globally, The Ditchley Foundation, 23-25 October 2008, accessed 2 August 2009.
  16. ↑ Profile:Peter Ricketts, Civil Service, 10 January 2009.
  17. ↑ Chairmen of the Joint Intelligence Committee, Prime Minister's Office, 4 September 2001.
  18. ↑ New Permanent Secretary Appointments announced, Prime Minister's Office, 28 September 2005.
  19. ↑ Appointment of the new Chairman of the JIC and Head of Intelligence Assessment, Cabinet Office, 15 November 2007.
  20. ↑ UK Government, New chair for the Joint Intelligence Committee GOV.UK, 2 March 2012.
  21. ↑ UK Government, Joint Intelligence Committee Chair appointed: Charles Farr GOV.UK, 23 November 2015.
  22. ↑ UK Government, Joint Intelligence Committee Chair appointed: Sir Simon Gass GOV.UK, 18 June 2019.
  23. ↑ UK Government, Joint Intelligence Committee Chair appointed: Madeleine Alessandri CMG GOV.UK, 4 May 2023.
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