MI5 S Branch
MI5 S Branch was a division of the Security Service formed in 1976 with responsibility for management services.[1][1]
At the time of its formation it took over responsibility for the MI5 training section from B Branch.[2]
According to the organograms in Christopher Andrew's authorised history of MI5, S Branch was responsible for 'support services' including the MI5 registry in 1988.[3]
In 1991, it was responsible for 'support services; Registry; major project management; information management.'[4]
By 1994, it had been incorporated into H Branch.[2]
Personnel and Organisation
Directors
- John Parker c.1982.
Sections
- S1 - Joint Computer Bureau linked to MI6 (circa 1982).
- S2 - Registry
- S3 - Training
- S4 - Supply[5]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.549.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.861.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.862.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.863.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.486.
