FOI release

FOI2025/00403: Spend Data over £25,000

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 FOI2025/00403

Received 11 April 2025

Published 3 July 2025

Request

Request received: 11 April 2025

I'd like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act for all of your entity's transactions over £25,000 for January 2016 to March 2025.

Please provide the data in a machine-readable format (preferably CSV). As a minimum, please make sure to include the date, value, and recipient of each transaction. Please also provide details on the procurement category of each transaction if you have it.

Response

Response sent: 08 May 2025

Most of this information is already in the public domain. The British Geological Survey (BGS) has been part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) since April 2018 and prior to April 2018 the legal entity for BGS was the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) therefore the information you have requested can be found on the following pages:

• UKRI 2018-December 2024: https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/policies-standards-and-data/data-collections/financial-data/

• NERC 2011-2018: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20191031123610/https://nerc.ukri.org/about/policy/foi/staff/#xcollapse2

The data relating to BGS can be identified by searching/filtering on BGS.

The data for January to March 2025 is held but is not yet available and is exempt from disclosure under Section 22(1) of the FOIA as it is intended for publication in future, in the same way as previous months. Section 22 is a qualified exemption meaning that it is subject to the public interest test.

We consider that premature release would put undue pressure on BGS to publish the data outside of the scheduled timeframes which would lead to a disproportionate burden on the organisation. This would not be in the public interest. We have therefore determined that the outcome of this test is that the public interest is insufficient to justify immediate disclosure. This information is likely to be available by September 2025.

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