Comparative Table of Parliamentary TA Institutions

UNITED KINGDOM - THE PARLIAMENTARY OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 

Organisation

All POST´s activities are determined by its Parliamentary Board, composed of 10 members of the House of Commons, four from the House of Lords and, highly unusually, 4 non-parliamentary members - leading scientists and engineers with skills in particular areas of science and technology.

POST has a permanent staff of six scientific and technical specialists, a Director and two PA’s. These are complemented by the POST fellows (see below) of whom there are usually 5–6 present at any time. It is difficult to give an authoritative figure for the total annual budget of POST as many services such as accommodation, IT, training, etc. are provided centrally by the UK Parliament. However, annual direct operational costs are about 500,000 GBP.

 

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