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Guidance: Implementing the Concordat to Support Research Integrity within government

Government Office For Science

November 15
13:41 2024

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The guidance addresses the implementation of the Concordat to Support Research Integrity within a government context.

Departmental Chief Scientific Advisers (CSAs), Departmental Directors of Analysis (DDANs) and Analysis Function Heads of Profession have signed up to the principles of the Concordat in relation to research conducted or commissioned by government.

Annual statements on research integrity

These documents are annual statements of research integrity for 2023-2024 published by government departments or bodies:

Department / body Annual Statement for Research Integrity 2023-24
Cabinet Office Cabinet Office: Concordat to Support Research Integrity 2023-24
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero DESNZ: annual statement of compliance with the Concordat to Support Research Integrity 2023 to 2024
Department for Transport DfT annual statement of compliance with the Concordat to Support Research Integrity (2023 to 2024)
Food Standards Agency Annual Statement of Compliance with the Research Integrity Concordat for Financial Year 2023-2024
Government Office for Science Annual Statement of Compliance with the Concordat to Support Research Integrity 2023-2024
Met Office Annual Statement of Compliance with the Concordat to Support Research Integrity for Financial Year 2023-24
Ministry of Justice MOJ annual statement on research integrity: 2023 to 2024
Ofsted Ofsted corporate annual report and accounts 2023 - 2024 (the annual statement on research integrity is at Appendix E of the annual report and accounts)

These documents are annual statements of research integrity for 2022-2023 published by government departments or bodies:

Department / body Annual Statement for Research Integrity 2022-23
Cabinet Office Concordat to Support Research Integrity 2022-2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Research integrity concordat: Defra compliance statement 2022 to 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities DLUHC annual statement on research integrity, 2022-23
Department for Transport DfT statement of compliance with the Concordat to Support Research Integrity
Food Standards Agency Annual Statement of Compliance with the Research Integrity Concordat for Financial Year 2022-2023
Government Office for Science Annual Statement of Compliance with the Concordat to Support Research Integrity (2022-2023)
Health and Safety Executive Statement of compliance with the Research Integrity Concordat for 2022-2023
Ministry of Defence 2022/2023 Annual statement on research integrity
National Police Chiefs Council National Police Chiefs Council Research Concordat 22-23
Office for National Statistics ONS Annual Research Integrity Statement: 2022 to 2023
Ofsted Ofsted corporate annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023 (the annual statement on research integrity is at Appendix E of the annual report and accounts)

Departmental contacts

The Concordat to Support Research Integrity requires each government department or body to nominate officials to take on the roles of named senior member of staff to oversee research integrity and named member of staff who will act as the first point of contact. The following nominations have been made:

Department/body Member of staff overseeing research integrity First point of contact
Cabinet Office Dr Laura Gilbert and Steffan Jones, joint Chief Analysts chiefanalyst@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Department for Business and Trade Ben Cropper, Director of Analysis, and Professor Julia Sutcliffe, Chief Scientific Adviser research@trade.gov.uk
Department for Culture, Media and Sport Professor Tom Crick, CSA, and Urvashi Parashar, Director of Analysis csa@dcms.gov.uk
Department for Education Russell Viner, Chief Scientific Adviser Science.Team@Education.gov.uk
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Justine Bejta, Deputy Chief Scientific Adviser sci.eng@defra.gov.uk
Department for Health and Social Care Chris Mullin, Director of Analysis and Chief Economist nihrpolicies@dhsc.gov.uk
Department for Transport Amanda Rowlatt, Chief Analyst CAOMailbox@dft.ghov.uk
Department for Work and Pensions Trevor Huddleston, Chief Scientific Adviser.

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