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FOI2020/00064: Spend Report Transparency 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 FOI2020/00064

Published 15 July 2021

Request

Request Received: 3 March 2020

I am looking for some assistance with your organisation's Spend/Transparency data, available on the following weblink: https://www.ukri.org/about-us/policies-and-standards/transparency/

There appears to be no file available for the month of Dec 2019.

Could you advise when the file will be made available to view online? Would it be possible for you to email me a copy of the Dec 2019 file please?

Response

Response Sent: 2 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 our expenditure is in the public interest.

However, the data is currently being collated and reviewed. We are of the view that releasing the information as it currently stands would be inaccurate, incomplete and misleading and thus not 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 in the next financial quarter, most likely June 2020, and will be published to the link as noted in your original request.

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