Volume 1

Scientific Advice, Risk and Evidence Based Policy Making : Seventh Report of Session 2005-06 / House of Commons Science and Technology Committee.

  • Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Science and Technology.
Date:
2006
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Licence: Open Government Licence

Credit: Scientific Advice, Risk and Evidence Based Policy Making : Seventh Report of Session 2005-06 / House of Commons Science and Technology Committee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Report Page Summary 3 Introduction 5 Background 7 Inquiry Ps Evidence based policy making 9 Sources of advice and expertise 13 Chief Advisers and Heads of Profession 13 Government Chief Scientific Adviser 13 Head of the Government Economic Service 14 Social Science Chiefs of Profession 14 Head of OSI 15 Role of different departments 16 Responsibility for the scientific advisory system 19 Departmental Chief Scientific Advisers 20 Role 20 Appointments 20 Position within the department 23 Science in the civil service 26 Scientists and engineers 27 Generalists 28 Professional Skills for Government 29 A Government Scientific Service? 31 Assessing in-house expertise mE] External sources of advice 34 Scientific advisory committees 34 Code of Practice for Scientific Advisory Committees 36 Membership 38 Consultants 40 Learned societies and professional bodies 41 Academics 43 Conclusions 43 Evidence Based Policy 45 Research 47 Publication of research findings and evidence 49 Methodology 51 Trials and pilots 52 Horizon scanning 53 Quality control 57 Peer review 58 Science Reviews 60