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FOI2022/00033: Non-NHS Healthcare Benefits

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Case reference FOI2022/00033

Published 29 March 2022

Request

Request Received: 1 February 2022

I am writing to submit an information request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please could you provide me with the following information:

1. Can you provide me with a full list of all the non-NHS healthcare benefits that is provided to the UKRI workforce?

2. A UKRI website indicates the provision of Benenden Healthcare benefits - https://epsrc.ukri.org/about/vacancies/benefits/. In addition, UKRI has advertised job roles with their adverts stating there is a Benenden Healthcare benefit provision. So, please could you provide me with the following information:

a. Total cost of the provision of Benenden Healthcare benefits for each of the following financial years:

i. 2018-19

ii. 2019-20

iii. 2020-21

b. Total number of UKRI staff in receipt of a Benenden Healthcare benefit for the following financial years:

i. 2018-19

ii. 2019-20

iii. 2020-21, and

iv. As at 31 January 2022

If you are not able to provide me with information about the total number of staff in receipt of the Benenden Healthcare benefit in the above financial years, then tell me what the numbers were on 31 March 2019, 31 March 2020, 31 March 2021 and 31 January 2022.

Response

Response Sent: 17 February 2022

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

Documents

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