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FOI2023/00190: Day of Action March 15th at UKRI

Case reference FOI2023/00190

Published 27 July 2023

Request

Request received: 11 April 2023

How many UKRI employees logged "Industrial Action" with UK SBS under Attendance Management for March 15th 2023?

Please provide an overall number and additionally, please provide numbers by workplace for the following:

• Daresbury Laboratory, Keckwick Lane, DaresburyWA4 4AD

• BGS Edinburgh The Lyell Centre Research Avenue South, Edinburgh, EH14 4AP

• BGS Keyworth Nicker Hill Keyworth Nottingham NG12 5GG

• Polaris House, Swindon, SN2 1FL

• BAS Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET

• UK ATC Edinburgh, Blackford Hill Edinburgh EH9 3HJ

• Caxton House 7th Floor, London, SW1H 9NA

• Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0QX

Response

Response sent: 31 May 2023

I can confirm that UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) does hold information relevant to your request. Please see the information below.

As noted in our request for clarification on 4 May, data for Innovate UK is not held within UK SBS systems and is therefore excluded from this response.

There were 811 employees who logged "Industrial Action" under Attendance Management on UK SBS systems for 15 March 2023. This figure includes all employees from across seven Research Councils, Research England, and UKRI's Corporate Hub, but excludes Innovate UK.

The breakdown of employees who logged industrial action for the workplaces you have listed is provided in the table below. Please note that your list does not contain all UKRI workplace locations, therefore the total of the figures below will not match the figure provided above.

Workplace

No. of staff logged as Industrial Action

Daresbury Laboratory: 92

BGS Edinburgh: 55

BGS Keyworth: 77

Polaris House: 165

BAS Cambridge: 41

UK ATC Edinburgh: 56

Caxton House: 10

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory: 271

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