Context: Winston Churchill, on forming his government in 1940, created the office of Minister of Defence to exercise ministerial control over the Chiefs of Staff Committee and to co-ordinate defence matters. The post was held by the Prime Minister of the day until Clement Attlee's government introduced the Ministry of Defence Act of 1946. The new ministry was headed by a Minister of Defence who possessed a seat in the Cabinet. The three existing service Ministers—the Secretary of State for War, the First Lord of the Admiralty, and the Secretary of State for Air—remained in direct operational control of their respective services, but ceased to attend Cabinet.

Question: Who created the office of Minister of Defence?
Answer: Winston Churchill

Question: When was the Ministry of Defence Act introduced?
Answer: 1946

Question: When did Winstron Churchill form his government?
Answer: 1940

Question: The new ministry, according to the Act of 1946, was headed by a Minister of Defence who possessed what?
Answer: a seat in the Cabinet

Question: Who stopped attending Cabinet with the passage of the Ministry of Defence Act of 1946?
Answer: the Secretary of State for War, the First Lord of the Admiralty, and the Secretary of State for Air

Question: Who created the Chiefs of Staff Committee?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who was the Secretary of State for War?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: How long did someone hold the position of Secretary of State for War?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: When was the Secretary of State Act introduced?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What did Winston Churchill possess while Minister of Defence?
Answer: Unanswerable