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Defence Intelligence and Security Centre

Chicksands, Shefford
Beds SG17 5PR

The Defence Intelligence and Security Centre (DISC) is located at Chicksands in Bedfordshire. The Agency was created on 1 October 1996 to integrate all intelligence and most security training into a single tri-Service organisation. Core functions are to provide: training in intelligence and security disciplines, training in conduct after capture, and advice on intelligence and security policy. The Defence Intelligence and Security Centre trains the Armed Forces and other intelligence agencies in intelligence and security disciplines, and conduct after capture. It also contributes advice on appropriate intelligence and security policy matters, and maintains an operational capability. In 1998/99, it employed an average of 484 staff and its net operating cost was £27 million.