Our governance

Find out about our governance and ways of working.

The Council for Science and Technology (CST) was reconstituted in 2011 with new terms of reference, a new membership and a new way of working.

Ways of working

The council has 2 chairs: an Independent Co-Chair and the 바카라 사이트 Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA), who is appointed ex-officio. Other members are appointed directly by the Prime Minister or ex-officio as a President of a National Academy or Chair of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

CST provides advice directly to the Prime Minister and its terms of reference provide for regular engagement with the Prime Minister, relevant cabinet ministers and senior government officials. The CST work programme is developed by its members in discussion with the government. The government can ask CST to consider particular issues, but the council is under no obligation to agree to these requests if it believes that other work would be of greater value.

The council decides the approach to each area of work on a case-by-case basis. It can also provide advice to government as it thinks best, for example through meetings, letters or published reports.

Room will be left in the work programme for CST to respond to urgent requests from the Prime Minister as necessary.

CST바카라 사이트™s relationship with government should always be based on openness and transparency, respecting each other바카라 사이트™s roles and responsibilities, and CST바카라 사이트™s independence (also see the 바카라 사이트˜Principles of scientific advice to government바카라 사이트™).

Further information on the CST can be found in CST ways of working and in 바카라 사이트 Office for Science annual report: 2017 to 2018.

Code of practice

The CST adopts the government바카라 사이트™s Code of Practice for Scientific Advisory Committees although, as the CST바카라 사이트™s role is to advise on strategic policy rather than to evaluate research, some parts of the code aren바카라 사이트™t directly relevant to CST바카라 사이트™s activities.

The code covers all of the committee바카라 사이트™s work including role, remit, responsibilities of members, chairs and secretariats, working practices, and publication of documents. It ensures that the committee works openly and transparently.

Meeting summaries

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2019

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2018

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2017

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2016

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2015

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2014

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2013

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2012

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You can find summaries from previous CST meetings in the .

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