Guidance

Implementing the Concordat to Support Research Integrity within government

Guidance requiring all government research to be conducted in accordance with the Concordat to Support Research Integrity, which is a national framework for good research conduct and its governance.

From:
Government Office for Science
Published
1 February 2022
Last updated
2030 AugustSeptember 2024 — See all updates

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Guidance to implement the Concordat to Support Research Integrity within government

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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
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero DESNZ: 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
Cabinet OfficeCabinet Office: Concordat to Support Research Integrity 2023-24

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 Energy Security and Net Zero DESNZ: annual statement of compliance with the Concordat to Support Research Integrity 2022 to 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 Chief’s Council National Police Chiefs’ Council Research Concordat 22-23
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)
Office for National Statistics ONS Annual Research Integrity Statement: 2022 to 2023

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 Digital, Culture Media and Sport Professor Tom Rodden, CSA and Alex Wilkinson, Interim 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. centralresearch.governanceteam@dwp.gov.uk
Food Standards Agency Professor Robin May, Chief Scientific Adviser. SERD@food.gov.uk
Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office Nathanael Bevan, Deputy Director, Research Department researchstandards@fcdo.gov.uk
Government Office for Science Ted Hayden, Director. researchintegrity@go-science.gov.uk
Health and Safety Executive Professor Andrew Curran, Chief Scientific Adviser hsecsa@hse.gov.uk
Home Office Simon Palmer Chief Analyst and Home Office Analysis and Insight Director and Jason Dewhurst Director of Science & Technology Delivery and Strategy HOAI_Enquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk
Met Office Rebecca McCoy, Head of Office for Science & Technology, Met Office research_integrity@metoffice.gov.uk
Ministry of Defence Dr Nicholas Joad (Director DST and Deputy CSA) and John Curnow (Director of Analysis) DST-research-integrity@mod.gov.uk
Ministry of Justice Chris Drane, Director of Analysis mojgsrhop@justice.gov.uk
National Police Chiefs’ Council Professor Paul Taylor, Police Chief Scientific Advisor Openscience@npcc.police.uk
Office for Standards in Education Alex Jones, Director of Insights and Research research_surveys@ofsted.gov.uk

Updates to this page

Published 1 February 2022
Last updated 2030 AugustSeptember 2024 + show all updates

  1. Added a link to the page: Cabinet Office: Concordat to Support Research Integrity 2023-24

  2. The annual statement of compliance with the concordat to support research integrity 2023-2024 from the Government Office of Science has been added to the table with annual statements of research integrity for 2023-2024.

  3. Links to the 2022-2023 statements of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and the Government Office for Science have been reinstated in the 2022-2023 table and a table with 2023-2024 statements has been created, with the statements of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and the Food Standards Agency in there so far.

  4. The Annual Statement of Compliance with the Concordat to Support Research Integrity for the Government Office for Science has been updated.

  5. DESNZ: Annual Statement of Compliance with the Concordat to Support Research Integrity 2023 to 2024 added to the list of annual statements on research integrity.

  6. Added in links to the Research integrity concordat: Defra compliance statement 2022 to 2023 and the ONS Annual Research Integrity Statement: 2022 to 2023.

  7. Added link to DLUHC annual statement for research integrity.

  8. Have added two new links to "Annual statements on research integrity" section - the new links are from Cabinet Office and Ofsted. Also updated the name of the Director of the Government Office for Science.

  9. Added two more Annual Statements for Research Integrity for 2022-23, from the Ministry of Defence and the National Police Chief's Council.

  10. Added an annual statement on research integrity for 2022-2023 from the Department of Transport.

  11. Added a new annual statement for research integrity from the Health and Safety Executive for 2022-2023.

  12. Included annual statements on research integrity and departmental contacts.

  13. First published.

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