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FOI2023/00931: Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy Evidence Centre

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Case reference FOI2023/00931

Published 1 May 2024

Request

Request Received: 21 November 2023

1. Please tell us how applicants were invited (open process: e.g. public call; or closed process: e.g. pre-selected individuals/organisation) to apply for the UKRI's £10 million funding designated for the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy Evidence Centre (MSPEC).

2. Please share names of the individuals or entities who applied for the UKRI's £10 million funding for MSPEC.

3. Please provide details on the assessment or evaluation methods employed by UKRI before allocating £10 million funding to support the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy Evidence Centre (MSPEC).

4. Please provide all publicly disclosable documentation associated with the application process and formal proposal to the Strategic Priorities Fund which resulted in the approval of UKRI funding to support the establishment of the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy Evidence Centre.

5. Please confirm the specific format of the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy Evidence Centre proposal, the length of the proposal, the named applicants, and the specific bodies/committees within UKRI which were ultimately responsible for evaluating and approving the application for establishing the Evidence Centre. Please share all publicly disclosable documentation peer-review documentation associated with the decision to provide funding for the Evidence Centre.

6. Please confirm whether usual UKRI protocols and procedures (e.g. a publicly circulated call for applications, an open competition amongst multiple applicants, and formal selection criteria which were applied equally to all applicants) were followed when a decision was made to provide UKRI funding for the Modern Slavery Evidence Centre.

Response

Response Sent: 15 February 2024

Full details of this response are provided in the attached document.

Documents

• FOI_Response_Letter_FOI2023_00931_Redacted.pdf (549.7 KB)

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