To verify from the viewpoint of administrative reform such as the adequacy of the budget scale of the academic conference Government October 10, 6:22
Regarding the Science Council of Japan, the government plans to verify the validity of the budget and the scale of the secretariat under Minister Kono from the perspective of administrative reform.
Based on the request from the Liberal Democratic Party to consider the ideal state of the Science Council of Japan, where the six recommended member candidates were not appointed, Minister Kono is examining the overall government business from the perspective of administrative reform. So, I showed the idea of considering the budget and the mechanism.
Regarding this, Prime Minister Suga said, "There are about 50 secretariat staff and national expenses are included. Unless it becomes independent, it is an institution of one country, and there is something that Minister Kono does from the perspective of administrative reform. Isn't it natural in a sense? "
Last year, the Science Council of Japan was spending about 1 billion yen annually on the national budget, including 390 million yen for personnel expenses for 50 full-time employees of the secretariat. Some have pointed out that there may be too many staff at the secretariat.
In the future, Minister Kono will collaborate with Minister of Science and Technology Inoue, who has jurisdiction over the academic conference, to confirm the actual situation with the materials of the administrative project review to verify whether the projects of each ministry and agency are wasteful, and the scale of the budget and the secretariat. It is a policy to verify the validity of.
Opposition parties, on the other hand, have criticized the government's move to shift the issue.