Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs written question – answered at on 12 October 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on requiring his Department's (a) agencies and non-departmental public bodies and (b) contractors to have a written code of practice or protocol relating to the provision, conduct and quality assurance of scientific evidence and advice.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office does not have any agencies, non department public bodies or contractors dedicated to the provision of scientific advice. It requires all its contractors and service providers to meet appropriate standards as regards qualifications, best practice and quality assurance. An appropriate standard for scientific advice would be the Government Chief Scientific Adviser's “Guidelines on the use of science and engineering advice in policy making”.
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