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Abstract

The terms of reference for the study are as follows:

1. the role and effectiveness of the Government Office for Science and the Chief Scientific Advisers in providing engineering advice across Government and communicating issues relating to engineering in Government to the public;
2. the use of engineering advice in Government policy making  and project delivery, including examples of policy decisions or project delivery that have been or will be taken with or without engineering advice;
3. how Government identifies the need for engineering advice and how Government sources engineering advice;
4. the status of engineering and engineers within the civil service, including assessments of the effectiveness of the science and engineering fast streams, and the role and career prospects of specialist engineers in the civil service;
5. the role and effectiveness of professional engineers and the engineering community in promoting engineering and providing engineering advice to Government and the civil service; and
6. international examples of how engineers and engineering advice are imbedded in Government.

Please number your comments corresponding to the terms of reference above.  Note that the Committee is looking for evidence rather than opinion, so please include your own experience and reference your input where appropriate.  All contributions will remain confidential and no contributor will be identified in the final submission.