Organization

The PCGN is under independent non-departmental Chairmanship, and meets at regular intervals.  The Committee comprises representatives from the following organizations:

British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring Service

Intelligence Collection Group (ICG) (formerly Defence Geospatial Intelligence)

Defence Intelligence Staff

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Government Communications Headquarters

Hydrographic Office

Ordnance Survey

Royal Geographical Society - Institute of British Geographers

Royal Scottish Geographical Society

The permanent staff in the employment of the Committee (1 Secretary and 2 Toponymists) are Crown Servants with terms and conditions of service analogous to those pertaining in the Civil Service.  They are accommodated in the Committee’s offices which, to serve inter-departmental interests, are located within the House of the Royal Geographical Society.