Abbreviation HMGCC Region served UK Budget 30 million GBP | Legal status Government agency Membership 380 staff | |
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Purpose Government communications research Location Hanslope Park, Milton Keynes, MK19 7BH Parent organization Foreign and Commonwealth Office | ||
Her Majesty's Government Communications Centre (HMGCC) is a small group tasked to provide electronics and software to support the communication needs of the British Government. Based at Hanslope Park, it is closely linked with the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and the British intelligence community.
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History
HMGCC used to have a communications centre at Signal Hill near Gawcott, also in Buckinghamshire. Stephen Ball was Chief Executive until 2000, when Dr John Widdowson took over; Widdowson moved to GCHQ in 2005.
Structure
The organisation employs approximately 380 personnel and the solutions it provides are bespoke to fit the needs of the government, its organisations, and specifically its intelligence assets. HMGCC is responsible for research and design in the following disciplines: