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FOI2020/00244: Spend/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 FOI2020/00244

Published 22 June 2021

Request

Request Received: 7 August 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 May 2020.

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 May 2020 file please & Thank you.

Response

Response Sent: 28 August 2020

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

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, within one year of the spend occurring and will be published to the link as noted in your original request.

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