Council for Science and Technology

Not to be confused with Science Council.

The Council for Science and Technology (CST) is an advisory non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom government. Its role is to give advice on issues that cut across government departments to the Prime Minister, the First Minister of Scotland and the First Minister for Wales. It was established in 1993 and relaunched in 2003. It is based in London.

Council for Science and Technology

Non-departmental public body overview
Formed	1993; 32 years ago (1993)
Preceding Non-departmental public body	Advisory Council on Science and Technology
Jurisdiction	United Kingdom
Status	Active
Headquarters	London, England
Non-departmental public body executives	Lord Browne of Madingley, Independent Co-Chair Dame Angela McLean, Government Chief Scientific Adviser Co-Chair
Website	www.gov.uk/government/organisations/council-for-science-and-technology

The Council has 19 independent members appointed by the Prime Minister.^[1] The Council is headed by two co-chairs, an independent Co-Chair Lord Browne of Madingley who chairs meetings where advice is being developed, and Dame Angela McLean, the Government Chief Scientific Adviser and head of the Government Office for Science, who chairs meetings reporting its advice to government.^[2]

The advisory functions of the CST had previously been performed by the Advisory Council for Applied Research and Development (ACARD), from 1976 to 1987, and the Advisory Council on Science and Technology (ACOST) from 1987 to 1993.