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Written Question
Ministry of Justice: Chief Scientific Advisers
Thursday 8th December 2022

Asked by: Greg Clark (Conservative - Tunbridge Wells)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many meetings (a) they and (b) other Ministers in their Department have had with the Department's Chief Scientific Adviser from (i) 1 December 2021 to 28 February 2022, (ii) 1 March to 31 May 2022 and (iii) 1 June to 31 August 2022.

Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice draws from a range of scientific advice and expertise. In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of internal meetings are not normally disclosed.


Written Question
Ministry of Justice: Chief Scientific Adviser
Wednesday 16th February 2022

Asked by: Greg Clark (Conservative - Tunbridge Wells)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many meetings he had with his Department's Chief Scientific Adviser from (a) 1 March to 31 May 2021, (b) 1 June to 31 August 2021 and (c) 1 September to 30 November 2021.

Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

The Ministry of Justice draws from a range of scientific advice and expertise. In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of internal meetings are not normally disclosed.


Written Question
Ministry of Justice: Chief Scientific Advisers
Friday 26th March 2021

Asked by: Greg Clark (Conservative - Tunbridge Wells)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many meetings he had with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser from (a) 1 March 2020 to 31 May 2020, (b) 1 June 2020 to 31 August 2020, (c) 1 September 2020 to 30 November 2020 and (d) 1 December 2020 to 28 February 2021.

Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)

The responsibilities of a Chief Scientific Advisor are performed by the Director of Analysis in the Ministry of Justice. The Director of Analysis has had the following meetings with the Secretary of State for Justice:

a) 1 Mar 2020– 31 May 2020 = one, b) 1 Jun 2020– 31 Aug 2020 = three, c) 1 Sept 2020 – 30 Nov 2020 = seven, and d) 1 Dec 2020– 28 Feb 2021 = zero.


Written Question
Ministry of Justice: Chief Scientific Advisers
Wednesday 27th May 2020

Asked by: Greg Clark (Conservative - Tunbridge Wells)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many meetings (a) she and (b) her predecessor had with her Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser (i) from 1 September to 30 November 2019 and (ii) from 1 December 2019 to 29 February 2020.

Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)

The responsibilities of a Chief Scientific Advisor are performed by the Director of Analysis in the Ministry of Justice. The Director of Analysis has had one meeting with the Secretary of State between 1st of September and the 29th of February.