Chief Scientific Advisers
Most government departments have a Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) to provide scientific advice.
Departmental CSAs work together under the leadership of the Government Chief Scientific Adviser to support each other and to resolve cross departmental problems.
They do this primarily through the CSA network.
Role
The network advise the Government Chief Scientific Adviser on all aspects of policy on science and technology. In particular, they:
- provide advice to ministers
- discuss and facilitate implementation of policy on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
- identify and share good practice in STEM-related areas, including the use of scientific advice in policy making
- facilitate communication on particular high profile STEM-related issues and those posing new challenges for government
Membership
| Government Chief Scientific Adviser | Professor Dame Angela McLean |
| Department for Business and Trade | Professor Julia Sutcliffe |
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | Professor Tom Crick |
| Department for Education | Professor Russell Viner |
| Department for Energy, Security and Net Zero | Professor Paul Monks |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Professor Gideon Henderson |
| Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities | Professor Richard Prager |
| Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | Professor Christopher Johnson |
| Department for Transport | Professor Sarah Sharples |
| Department for Work and Pensions | Trevor Huddleston |
| Department of Health and Social Care | Professor Lucy Chappell |
| Food Standards Agency | Professor Robin May |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | Professor Charlotte Watts |
| Health and Safety Executive | Professor Andrew Curran |
| His Majesty’s Treasury | Jess Glover |
| Home Office | Professor Jennifer Rubin |
| Met Office | Professor Stephen Belcher |
| Ministry of Defence | Vacant |
| Ministry of Defence (Nuclear) | Professor Bill Lee |
| Ministry of Justice | Hugh Stickland (interim) |
| National Police Chiefs’ Council | Professor Paul Taylor |
| National Security | Alex van Someren |
| Northern Ireland Executive | Professor Helen McCarthy |
| Scottish Government | Professor Julie Fitzpatrick |
| Welsh Government | Professor Jas Pal Badyal |
Alternative arrangements for the provision of scientific advice are in place for departments which currently have no CSA.