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FOI2025/00461: QQR Final Reports

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Case reference FOI2025/00461

Received 1 May 2025

Published 13 November 2025

Request

Request received: 01 May 2025

I am writing to request access to the final reports of the Quinquennial Reviews (QQRs) conducted of any MRC Unit(s) assessed between 2022 and 2025. Specifically, I am requesting the following:

(1) The final reports from each Quinquennial Review (QQR) conducted during the period from 2022 to 2025.

(2) Any relevant annexes, appendices, or supplementary documents published alongside these reports.

Response

Response sent: 13 November 2025

I can confirm that UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) does hold information relevant to your request.

We have identified 29 documents relating to the Quinquennial, five-yearly, review of MRC funded Units that are within scope of your request Copies of the 29 reports are provided and are listed in Annex 1, along with a table stating which exemptions have been engaged for each document.

We have also listed at Annex 2 the relevant MRC Units and their corresponding University for reference.

Please note that in reviewing this information for disclosure we have identified information within the reports that we have determined to be exempt from disclosure under the following exemptions of the FOIA.

(Full details of this response are provided in the response letter below)

Documents

• 01. BSU QQR - Subcommittee Report - added value assessment meeting FINAL (Redacted).pdf (1.4 MB)
• 02. Official Sensitive_BSU_QQR SC_report_final_conclusions (Redacted).pdf (439.3 KB)
• 03. MRC CBU - Subcommittee Report v1 (Redacted).pdf (1.5 MB)
• 04. CBU QQR 2021 - Subcommittee Final Conclusions Report V1.0 (Redacted).pdf (425.8 KB)
• 05. CVR - Subcommittee Report v1.0 (Redacted).pdf (1.4 MB)
• 06. CVR Subcommittee Final Conclusions v1 (Redacted).pdf (247.2 KB)
• 07. Gambia QQR Subcommittee report v1.0 (Redacted).pdf (1.6 MB)
• 08. Board Assessment v3 GAMBIA 2022 FINAL (Redacted).pdf (505.5 KB)
• 09. HGU - Subcommittee Report fv (Redacted).pdf (1.5 MB)
• 10. HGU Subcommittee Final Conclusions (Redacted).pdf (418.6 KB)
• 11. HIU Subcommittee Report Final (Redacted).pdf (1.4 MB)
• 12. HIU-TIDU- Subcommittee Final Conclusions (Redacted).pdf (366.9 KB)
• 13. FINAL- IEU - Subcommittee Report v1 (Redacted).pdf (1.3 MB)
• 14. Official Sensitive_IEU QQR_Subcommittee Final Conclusions report (Redacted).pdf (250.5 KB)
• 15. MBU - Subcommittee Report Final (003) (Redacted).pdf (1.2 MB)
• 16. MBU - Subcommittee Final Conclusions Report (Redacted).pdf (285.7 KB)
• 17. MDU QQR Subcommittee Report FINAL v1.0 (Redacted).pdf (1.5 MB)
• 18. MRC MDU QQR (Mtg 4) - Subcommittee Final Conclusions Report v1.0 FINAL (Redacted).pdf (199.4 KB)
• 19. MHU Subcommittee Report FV (Redacted).pdf (1.6 MB)
• 20. MHU - Subcommittee Final Conclusions Report - FV (Redacted).pdf (344.0 KB)
• 21. MRC OIRO - Subcommittee Report v1.0 (Redacted).pdf (1.8 MB)
• 22. MRC PPU QQR 2023-24 - Subcommittee Report v1 (Redacted).pdf (738.0 KB)
• 23. Official Sensitive_PPU QQR - SC Final Conclusions Report 2024 (Redacted).pdf (169.5 KB)
• 24. MRC Prion Unit Review 22-23 - Subcommittee Report (Redacted).pdf (1.9 MB)
• 25. MRC Prion Unit Review - Subcommittee Final Conclusions (Redacted).pdf (316.1 KB)
• 26. MRC Toxicology Subcommittee Report FV (Redacted).pdf (1.7 MB)
• 27. MRC TOXU Review - Subcommittee Final Conclusions_FINAL (Redacted).pdf (273.2 KB)
• 28. UGANDA Final Version of SC report (Redacted).pdf (1.7 MB)
• 29. UGANDA- Subcommittee Final Meeting Note FV (Redacted).pdf (273.7 KB)
• FOI_Response_Letter - FOI2025_00461_Redacted.pdf (194.1 KB)

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