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FOI2020/00308: Undertakings in Difficulty

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Case reference FOI2020/00308

Published 15 June 2021

Request

Request Received: 21 September 2020

I am requesting under the Freedom of Information act the following, to aid with my understanding of the current process for assessing and determining an organizations Undertakings in Difficulty status during the due diligence period of application assessment pertaining to Innovate UK led competitions.

Please can you supply the following:

1) The number of individual employees of Innovate UK, UKRI and its associate, who perform the Undertaking in Difficulty test - broken down by organisation where applicable.

2) A detailed step-by-step description of the process decision pathway followed by the employee/representative performing the Undertaking in Difficulty test of the organisation

3) The decision flow chart (or equivalent) including trigger points for UID testing, and the request parameters for further information

4) The training documentation provided to IUK employees for performing UID testing

5) Any email templates used in association to UID communications with applicants; including and not limited to: Notifications of further investigations; Requests for further information; Communications for successful UID outcomes.

Response

Response Sent: 23 November 2020

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

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