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Chief scientific advisers across government

Every government department has a Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA).

Departmental CSAs, working collectively with other analytical disciplines and with departmental boards and Ministers, work to ensure that science and engineering are at the core of decisions within departments and across government.

It is the responsibility of departmental CSAs to implement the Guidelines on the use of scientific and engineering advice in policy making.

A full list of current Chief Scientific Advisers is below:

1 Government Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Mark Walport 
2 Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Professor John Perkins CBE
3 Department for Education Carole Willis
4 Department for Communities & Local Government Stephen Aldridge (Interim)
5 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Professor Ian Boyd
6 Department for International Development Professor Christopher Whitty
7 Department for Transport Professor Rod Smith
8 Department for Work & Pensions Dr Bill Gunnyeon
9 Department of Health Professor Dame Sally Davies
10 Department of Energy and Climate Change Professor David Mackay
11 Foreign and Commonwealth Office Professor Robin Grimes
12 Food Standards Agency Dr Andrew Wadge
13 Forestry Commission Professor Peter Freer-Smith
14 Health & Safety Executive Dave Bench (Director of Science, Engineering, Analysis and Chemical Regulation)
15 Her Majesty's Treasury Dr James Richardson
16 Home Office Professor Bernard Silverman
17 Met Office Julia Slingo
18 Ministry of Defence Professor Vernon Gibson
19 Scottish Government Professor Muffy Calder
20 Ministry of Justice Rebecca Endean
21 Welsh Government Professor John Harries
22 Northern Ireland Professor Bennadette Hannigan, Dr Sinclair Mayne (Joint interim CSAs)
23 Republic of Ireland Professor Mark Ferguson
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