SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SELECT COMMITTEE The Role and Function of Chief Scientific Advisers Oral and written evidence Contents Academy of Social Sciences–Written evidence ............................................................................... 4 Better Government Initiative—Written evidence .......................................................................... 9 BP Plc—Written evidence ................................................................................................................. 10 British Academy—Written evidence .............................................................................................. 12 British Academy, The Royal Society and The Royal Academy of Engineering—Oral evidence (QQ85-106)......................................................................................................................... 15 Campaign for Science and Engineering—Written evidence ...................................................... 29 Professor Brian Collins and Professor Paul Wiles—Oral evidence (QQ1-20) ..................... 37 Professor Brian Collins—Supplementary written evidence ....................................................... 53 Department for Business, Innovation and Skills—Written evidence ...................................... 55 Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Department for Education, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Department of Health—Oral evidence (QQ210-233) ........................................................................................................................................ 57 Department for Business, Innovation and Skills—Supplementary written evidence ........... 58 Department for Communities and Local Government—Written evidence ......................... 59 Department for Education—Written evidence ............................................................................ 62 Department for Education and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs— Oral evidence (QQ 21-51) ................................................................................................................ 65 Department for Education, Department of Health, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs—Oral evidence (QQ210-233) ........................................................................................................................................ 66 Department for Education—Supplementary written evidence................................................. 81 Department for Education—Further supplementary written evidence .................................. 82 Department of Energy and Climate Change—Written evidence ............................................. 85 Department of Energy and Climate Change—Supplementary written evidence ................. 88 Department of Energy and Climate Change Science Advisory Group, Ministry of Defence Scientific Advisory Council, and Home Office Science Advisory Committee (QQ247-277) ................................................................................................................................................................. 89 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs—Written evidence ........................ 104 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Department for Education— Oral evidence (QQ 21-51) .............................................................................................................. 107 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department for Education, Department of Health, and Department for Business, Innovation and Skills—Oral evidence (QQ 210-233) .................................................................................................................................... 123 Department for International Development—Written evidence .......................................... 124 Department for International Development, Home Office and Department for Climate Change—Oral evidence (QQ52-84) ............................................................................................. 126 Department for Transport—Written evidence ......................................................................... 142 Department for Work and Pensions—Written evidence ....................................................... 145 Department of Health—Written evidence ................................................................................. 147 Department of Health, Department for Education, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs—Oral evidence (QQ210-233) ...................................................................................................................................... 149 Dr Robert Doubleday and Dr Chris Tyler—Written evidence ............................................. 150 EDF Energy—Written evidence ..................................................................................................... 151 Engineering Council—Written evidence ...................................................................................... 153 Engineering the Future—Written evidence ................................................................................ 154 Engineering UK—Written evidence .............................................................................................. 157 Mr Iain Ferguson—Written evidence ........................................................................................... 158 Finmeccanica UK, LGC Science and Technology, ITS UK and Serco Science—Oral evidence (QQ234-246) .................................................................................................................... 162 Professor David Fisk—Written evidence .................................................................................... 176 Food Standards Agency—Written evidence ............................................................................... 178 Foreign and Commonwealth Office—Written evidence ......................................................... 181 Forestry Commission—Written evidence .................................................................................. 184 Getstats—Written evidence ........................................................................................................... 186 Government Office for Science (Sir John Beddington, GCSA)—Oral evidence (QQ107- 127) ....................................................................................................................................................... 189 Government Office for Science—Supplementary written evidence ..................................... 203 Government Office for Science—Further supplementary written evidence ....................... 204 HM Government—Written evidence........................................................................................... 208 HM Treasury—Written evidence .................................................................................................. 276 HM Treasury and Ministry of Defence—Oral Evidence (QQ 128-159) ............................... 278 Home Office—Written evidence .................................................................................................. 293 Home Office, Department for International Development, and Department of Energy and Climate Change—Oral evidence (QQ52-84) ............................................................................. 296 Home Office Science Advisory Committee, Department of Energy and Climate Change Science Advisory Group, and Ministry of Defence Scientific Advisory Council (QQ247- 277) ....................................................................................................................................................... 297 Home Office Science Advisory Committee—Supplementary written evidence ................ 298 Health Protection Agency—Written evidence .......................................................................... 299 Health and Safety Executive—Written evidence ....................................................................... 301 Institute of Conservation—Written evidence ............................................................................ 304 Institute of Physics—Written evidence ........................................................................................ 306 Institution of Chemical Engineers—Written evidence ............................................................. 309 Institution of Civil Engineers—Written evidence ...................................................................... 310 2 Institution of Engineering and Technology—Written evidence .............................................. 311 Institution of Mechanical Engineers—Written evidence .......................................................... 312 ITS United Kingdom—Written evidence ..................................................................................... 313 ITS UK, Finmeccanica UK, LGC Science and Technology, and Serco Science—Oral evidence (QQ 234-246) ................................................................................................................... 316 LGC—Written evidence ................................................................................................................. 317 LGC Science and Technology, Finmeccanica UK, Intelligent Transport Systems UK, and Serco Science—Oral evidence (QQ 234-246) ..........................................................................