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FOI2026/00020: Innovate UK innovation loans future economy: Rounds 19 and 20

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Case reference FOI2026/00020

Received 9 January 2026

Published 6 February 2026

Request

Request received 9th January 2026:

For Innovate UK innovation loans future economy: Round 19 and 20, please could you release the following information:

1. The number of applications.

2. The number of assessed applications.

3. The number of successful applications.

4. The number of applications that passed the initial credit check.

5. The success rate.

6. The minimum successful score.

7. The maximum successful score.

8. Minimum score of applications that passed the initial credit check.

9. Maximum score of applications that passed the initial credit check.

10. Maximum score of failed applications.

11. Average loan value per project.

12. Average score of funded projects.

13. The score distributions of the applications (e.g. % (or number) of applications which scored <70, 70.1-75, 75.1-80, 80.1-85, 85.1-90, 90.1-95, 95.1-100).

14. The count of assessed applications by themes.

15. The number of unsuccessful applications, if any, which scored above the minimum funded score.

16. The average project duration.

17. The distribution of project duration across the different project phases (availability period, drawdown, extension period, repayment period).

Response

Response sent on 6th February 2026.

Full details of this response are provided in the attached documents.

Documents

• FOI2026_00020 - Appendix 1 .xlsx (18.4 KB)
• FOI_Response_Letter - FOI2026_00020_Redacted.pdf (222.6 KB)

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