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FOI2025/01053: Governance of FOI2025/00705 and Internal Review IR2025/00966

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 FOI2025/01053

Received 22 November 2025

Published 14 January 2026

Request

Request Received: 22 November 2025

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am requesting the following limited governance-related information concerning the handling of FOI2025/00705 and its internal review IR2025/00966:

1. A copy of the internal search protocol or keyword list used to identify the 1,411 documents referred to in UKRI’s refusal letter dated 24th October 2025;

2. Confirmation of which internal UKRI teams (e.g. Counter Fraud, Assurance, Legal, etc.) were consulted by the Information Rights Team in responding to this FOI;

3. The date on which any of the four whistleblowing reports submitted to UKRI Counter Fraud between May and July 2025 were first logged or referenced as part of the FOI response process;

4. A copy of any internal case summary, briefing note, or referral email prepared for the purposes of internal review IR2025/00966.

Response

Response Sent: 14 January 2026

Full details of the response are contained in the attached documents.

Documents

• FOI2025-00705 Emails_Redacted.pdf (107.1 KB)
• FOI2025-00705 Searches run.pdf (42.0 KB)
• FOI_Response_Letter - FOI2025_01053_Redacted.pdf (260.8 KB)

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