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FOI2022/00279: EP/H026177/1 Case for Support

This request was refused in part, so we didn't provide some of the information the requester asked for. This may include information where we can neither confirm nor deny that we hold it.

Case reference FOI2022/00279

Published 23 November 2022

Request

Request Received: 29 August 2022

In response to a freedom of information request I made in 2019 (UKRI Ref: 2019/0297), on 16 December 2019 I was provided a redacted version of documents that were submitted by Brunel University as part of their application for grant EP/H026177/1 (EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Liquid Metal Engineering) that was eventually awarded in 2010. These included a redacted version of the original 'Case for Support' document. Regarding this, I have a query and a further request/appeal:

Freedom of information request:

In the redacted document named "01 EP_H026177-1 CfS_Redacted.pdf" (which contained the Case for Support), on pages 7, 8, 9 and 10, certain sections under PRA1 - PRA6 and ULRA1 - ULRA6 were redacted. Was the decision to redact these sections taken solely by the UKRI, or was this done after contacting other stakeholders?

Appeal:

May I appeal that I be provided a non-redacted version of the Case for Support document please. In particular, I am interested in looking at the content under the sections PRA1, PRA2 and PRA4, which were redacted. I believe a public scrutiny of the technical contents of grant proposals is very important. From what I can tell, there does not appear to be any personal information of any individuals under the aforementioned (redacted) sections of this document. In addition, the grant EP/H026177/1 came to an end long ago in 2015 and any exploitation that could have been made from this content would have been made by now. Hence, I believe there should be no problem in releasing all the technical details presented in this proposal.

Response

Response Sent: 14 October 2022

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

Documents

• FOI2022 00279 EP-H026177-1 CfS_Redacted.pdf (6.0 MB)
• FOI_Response_Letter_FOI2022_00279_Redacted.pdf (320.6 KB)

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