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.
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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 2024-2025 published by government departments or bodies:
| Department / body | Annual Statement for Research Integrity 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Department for Culture, Media & Sport | Department for Culture, Media & Sport: Concordat to Support Research Integrity 2024-25 |
| Department for Transport | DfT annual statement of compliance with the Concordat to Support Research Integrity (2024 to 2025) |
| Department for Work and Pensions | DWP annual statement on research integrity: 2024 to 2025 |
| Food Standards Agency | Annual statement of compliance with the Research Integrity Concordat for financial year 2024-2025 |
| Government Office for Science | Annual Statement of Compliance with the Concordat to Support Research Integrity 2024-2025 |
| Ministry of Defence | Annual statement on research integrity: 2024-2025 |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | MHCLG’s annual statement on research integrity, 2024-25 |
| Ofsted | Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25 (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 2023-2024 published by government departments or bodies:
These documents are annual statements of research integrity for 2022-2023 published by government departments or bodies:
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 | Ian Mulheirn, Chief Analyst | CAOMailbox@dft.ghov.uk |
| Department for Work and Pensions | Catherine Hutchinson, Chief Analyst | 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 | Hugh Stickland, interim Chief Scientific Adviser, and 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
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A link to the Ofsted Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25 has been added to the list of Annual Statements for Research Integrity 2024-25.
Update history
2025-09-30 11:21
A link to the Met Office Annual Statement of Compliance with the Concordat to Support Research Integrity for Financial Year 2024-25 has been added to the list of Annual Statements for Research Integrity 2024-25.
2025-09-30 10:39
A link to the Department for Culture, Media & Sport Concordat to Support Research Integrity 2024-25 has been added to the list of Annual Statements for Research Integrity 2024-25.
2025-07-23 08:43
A link to the Ofsted Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25 has been added to the list of Annual Statements for Research Integrity 2024-25.
2025-07-16 10:30
The Annual Statement of Compliance with the Concordat to Support Research Integrity (2024-2025) by the Government Office for Science has been added.
2025-07-04 13:36
The Food Standards Agency’s Annual statement of compliance with the Research Integrity Concordat for financial year 2024-2025 has been added to the list of 2024-2025 statements on research integrity.
2025-07-01 11:02
The name of the Department for Transport Chief Analyst has been changed to Ian Mulheirn to reflect the change in the role in the department.
2025-06-30 10:51
The Department for Transport annual statement of compliance with the Concordat to Support Research Integrity (2024 to 2025) has been added to the 2024-2025 table.
2025-06-20 13:41
The Ministry of Defence Annual statement on research integrity: 2024-2025 has been added to the list of Annual statements on research integrity 2024-2025.
2025-05-27 16:45
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s annual statement on research integrity for 2024-25 has been added.
2025-04-08 10:45
The Department for Work and Pensions departmental contact has been updated.
2025-04-08 10:06
The link to the Concordat to Support Research Integrity in the HTML attachment has been updated as a new version of the concordat has been published.
2025-03-25 14:05
The National Police Chiefs’ Council Research Integrity Annual Statement 23-24 has been added to the table with the annual statements of research integrity for 2023-2024.
2025-03-17 09:44
DWP annual statement on research integrity 2024 to 2025 has been added and a table created for the 2024-2025 statements.
2024-11-19 09:59
The Health and Safety Executive Statement of compliance with the Research Integrity Concordat for 2022-2023 has been added to the table with the 2022-2023 statements.
2024-11-15 13:41
Link to Ofsted corporate annual report and accounts 2023 to 2024 have been added to the Annual statements on research integrity.
2024-11-04 17:31
The names of the members of staff overseeing research integrity at DCMS have been changed, and the name ‘Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport’ has been changed to ‘Department for Culture, Media and Sport’ to reflect the up-to-date situation.
2024-10-29 13:07
The DfT annual statement of compliance with the Concordat to Support Research Integrity (2023 to 2024) has been added to the table with the annual statements of research integrity for 2023-2024.
2024-10-24 08:51
The entry for and link to the DESNZ annual statement of compliance with the Concordat to Support Research Integrity 2022 to 2023 has been removed as no such document exists.
2024-10-21 15:40
Met Office’s Annual Statement of Compliance with the Concordat to Support Research Integrity for Financial Year 2023-24 has been added to the annual statements of research integrity for 2023-2024.
2024-10-11 14:48
Link to the MoJ Research Integrity annual statement 2023-2024 added to the table with the 2023-24 annual statements on research integrity, and Hugh Stickland, interim Chief Scientific Adviser, added to the MoJ entry in the column ‘Member of Staff overseeing Research Integrity’ in the Departmental contacts table.
2024-09-30 10:55
Added a link to the page: Cabinet Office: Concordat to Support Research Integrity 2023-24
2024-08-20 16:22
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.
2024-08-01 15:28
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.
2024-07-29 08:23
The Annual Statement of Compliance with the Concordat to Support Research Integrity for the Government Office for Science has been updated.
2024-07-26 16:29
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.
2024-03-11 10:55
Added in links to the Research integrity concordat: Defra compliance statement 2022 to 2023 and the ONS Annual Research Integrity Statement: 2022 to 2023.
2023-10-26 13:22
Added link to DLUHC annual statement for research integrity.
2023-09-01 16:56
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.
2023-07-13 16:10
Added two more Annual Statements for Research Integrity for 2022-23, from the Ministry of Defence and the National Police Chief’s Council.
2023-07-10 17:03
Added an annual statement on research integrity for 2022-2023 from the Department of Transport.
2023-07-07 15:21
Added a new annual statement for research integrity from the Health and Safety Executive for 2022-2023.
2023-05-19 15:00
Included annual statements on research integrity and departmental contacts.