Strategy and guidance

GO-Science has developed the ‘Guidance to government departments and agencies on managing and using science’

The Guidance updates and consolidates guidance to government departments on the management and use of science, and is intended to help departments find the information they need.

Departments are expected to be familiar with and implement guidance from several documents ranging from the 2001 Government response to the Phillips Review of the BSE crisis to recent guidance such as the updated Code of Practice for Scientific Advisory Committees.

Executive Summary

In this section you will find links to key policy documents about the delivery of scientific and engineering advice into policy-making. These are organised into broad categories:

• Roles and Responsibilities of the Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA)
• Roles and Responsibilities of departmental Chief Scientific Advisers
• Contribution of scientists and engineers to Departments
• Obtaining expert and independent advice
• Managing and Communicating risk and uncertainty
• Funding R&D
• A to Z of useful links

We must ensure that[1]:

• Key decision makers can be confident that evidence is robust and stands up to challenges of credibility, reliability and objectivity
• Key decision makers can be confident that the advice derived from the analysis of the evidence also stands up to these challenges
• The public are aware, and are in turn confident, that such steps are being taken

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