FOI release

FOI2020/00085: Gender Pay Gap Data

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

Case reference FOI2020/00085

Published 7 July 2021

Request

Request Received: 12 March 2020

I cannot find the mandatory gender pay gap data and a written statement on your website - could you help me please?

Response

Response Sent: 6 April 2020

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

The information you have requested is exempt from disclosure under Section 22(1) of the FOIA as it is intended for future publication.

Section 22 is a qualified exemption meaning that it is subject to the public interest test.

UKRI understand that being transparent in regard to the data you have requested is in the public interest, however, UKRI is under direct instruction from the Government to hold off from publishing this information in order to prevent key government messages being shifted away from current priorities.

We have therefore determined that the outcome of this test is that the public interest is insufficient to justify immediate disclosure.

At present we have not received a definitive timeframe as to when we can expect to publish this information, however we are in close contact with the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) in regards to this.

Documents

• FOI_Response_Letter_FOI2020_00085_Redacted.pdf (134.0 KB)

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