Government Office for Science

Government Office for Science

Office overview
Formed	20 July 2007 (2007-07-20)
Preceding office	Transdepartmental Science and Technology Group of Office of Science and Innovation[1]
Headquarters	10 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0NN
Employees	150
Annual budget	£4.6m (2016/17)[2]
Office executive	Angela McLean[3], Government Chief Scientific Adviser
Parent department	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology[a]
Child office	Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
Website	www.gov.uk/government/organisations/government-office-for-science

The Government Office for Science is a science advisory office in the UK Government.^[4][5] The office advises the Government on policy and decision-making based on science and long-term thinking. It has been led by Professor Dame Angela McLean, the Government Chief Scientific Adviser, since 23 February 2023.^[3]

The office is administratively part of, and funded by, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and reports to the prime minister and cabinet secretary.^[2] It works with the UK Research and Innovation (funding research projects) and the Council for Science and Technology (assisting with advice). It also acts as the secretariat for the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies, operates a future planning unit, and manages the Government Science and Engineering Profession.^[5]

Before February 2023, it was part of the now-defunct Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.^[6]

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