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The Met Office, previously known as the Meteorological Office until November 2000, is the United Kingdom's national weather and climate service. It is an executive agency and trading fund of the Depar
Vice Admiral Robert FitzRoy, founder of the Met Office
Former Met Office building in Bracknell, Berkshire, before relocation to Exeter, since demolished
The 2003 headquarters building on the edge of Exeter
FAAM BAe146-300 takes off at RIAT, RAF Fairford, England
Patrick Vallance
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Patrick John Thompson Vallance, Baron Vallance of Balham, is a British physician, scientist, life peer, and clinical pharmacologist who served as Minister of State for Science, Innovation, Research an
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…Employees 2,473 (March 2025) Minister responsible Liz Kendall MP, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Deputy Minister responsible Patrick Vallance, Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation Executive agency executives Penny Endersby, Chief Executive Stephen Belcher, Chief of Science…
Official portrait, 2025
Lord Vallance in a Government photograph, displaying his ministerial red box behind him