Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the press release entitled Lord O'Shaughnessy to lead independent review into UK clinical trials, published on 20 February 2023, how many staff from the Department of (a) Science, Innovation and Technology, (b) Health and Social Care and (c) Business and Trade will be involved in the review.

The Office for Life Sciences is providing secretariat support for the review and is a joint unit between Department for Health and Social Care and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. Three members of OLS staff are involved in this secretariat function as part of their roles. No members of the Department for Business and Trade are providing direct support. Officials from both DHSC and DSIT are providing evidence for the review as experts in Clinical Research.