Consultation outcome

Review of the code of practice for scientific advisory committees and councils

• From: Government Office for Science
• Published: 13 August 2021
• Last updated: 14 December 2021 — See all updates

This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

We have revised the Code of Practice following extensive discussions with our stakeholders, and taking into account the response to this public consultation.

Detail of feedback received

We received 15 responses to this consultation which focused on:

• independence
• transparency (including publications)
• diversity and inclusion

All respondents addressed these subjects with some focusing more on lay members representation and open meetings.

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Original consultation

Summary

Consultation on the revised 'Code of practice for scientific advisory committees and councils' responsible for providing advice to government.

This consultation ran from
11am on 13 August 2021 to 11:45pm on 8 October 2021

Consultation description

This consultation seeks views on the revised ‘Code of practice for scientific advisory committees and councils’ (CoPSAC).

The CoPSAC is a guidance document that applies to any science advisory committee or council, affiliated to one or more organisations within government, that provides independent expert advice to facilitate decision making.

See the current version of CoPSAC.

Please don’t send responses by post at the moment as we may not be able to access them.

Documents

Consultation on the code of practice for scientific advisory committees and councils

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Revised code of practice for scientific advisory committees and councils

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Published 13 August 2021
Last updated 14 December 2021 + show all updates

1. 14 December 2021

   The Code of Practice (CoPSAC) has been revised and republished.

2. 13 August 2021

   First published.