Department for Education: Chief Scientific Advisers

(asked on 8th February 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, 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
Michelle Donelan Portrait
Michelle Donelan
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
This question was answered on 21st February 2022

My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education had meetings with the Department’s Chief Scientific Advisor on the following dates:

  • 0 meetings between 1 March 2021 to 31 May 2021
  • 0 meetings between 1 June 2021 to 31 August 2021
  • 1 meeting between 1 September 2021 to 30 November 2021

Furthermore, following the department’s Chief Scientific Advisors regular attendance at the Scientific Advisor Group for Emergencies (SAGE), advice is shared with the Secretary of State, ministers and senior officials consistently via email.

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