Department of Health and Social Care: Government Chief Scientific Adviser

(asked on 17th March 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings he had with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser from (a) 1 March 2020 to 31 May 2020, (b) 1 June 2020 to 31 August 2020, (c) 1 September 2020 to 30 November 2020 and (d) 1 December 2020 to 28 February 2021.


Answered by
Edward Argar Portrait
Edward Argar
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 1st April 2021

The Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) for the Department, Professor Chris Whitty, is also the Chief Medical Office (CMO) for England. Due to the centrality of the COVID-19 pandemic to health and social care policy CSA/CMO meets multiple times every week with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.

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