DCMS appoints civil servant to lead on science advice

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has appointed Chris Sharrock, a civil servant, as head of analysis with responsibility to “lead on scientific advice”. In July, the department confirmed that it would not recruit a chief scientific adviser—a post that has been vacant since 2010. Sharrock, who started his job on 17 September, was most recently a senior policy adviser at the Treasury. He will sit on the DCMS Science and Research Advisory Committee and will be part of the cross-government CSA network.