questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions (a) she and (b) officials in her Department had with (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in (A) No. 10 Downing Street and (B) the Cabinet Office before issuing her letter to Dame Ottoline Leyser dated 30 October.
answerText: Ministers and officials at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology are in regular contact with our arm’s-length bodies and other government departments. To support effective policy development and to reduce administration, we do not routinel...
heading: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Correspondence