House of Lords written question – answered at on 27 June 2011.
To ask Her Majesty's Government who is the Departmental Chief Scientific Adviser for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills; and (a) when they were appointed and for how long, (b) what is their academic or experience background, (c) what is their civil service rank, (d) whether their post is full-time or part-time, and what other work commitments they have, and (e) on how many occasions during the past year they have had meetings with the Secretary of State or the Minister to whom they have direct responsibility.
The post of departmental Chief Scientific Adviser for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is currently vacant.
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Professor Collins was also the Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department for Transport from May 2008 to 2011 and maintained an academic position at the University of Cranfield. He has extensive experience at a senior level in government, academia and commerce, including roles as International Director of Information Technology at Clifford Chance, Head of Information Systems at the Wellcome Trust and Director of Science and Technology at GCHQ.
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