Freedom of information (FOI) releases from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
This is a disclosure log of UK Research and Innovation's responses to freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) requests that might be of wider public interest.
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1,058 disclosures
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Request Received: 7 February 2024
I am requesting under FOI the following information
(a) a copy of the application by Cambridge University Library for funding to digitise the Sandbach Tinne archive
(b) details of any representations made by Cambridge University Library about public access to the above archive
(c) details of the amount of grant funding and any conditions of the funding grant.
Clarification Request: 13 February 2024
Please could you provide additional information to help us identify which specific grant you are referring to in your request. This could include the names of any investigators, project title or grant reference numbers.
From a preliminary search we have identified an ESRC studentship award held by the University of Cambridge involving the Sandbach Tinne Archive, and have provided a link to the UKRI Gateway to Research for you to review here. Please can you confirm whether this is the award you are interested in, and if it is not please provide us with additional information to help us identify the relevant award.
Clarification Response: 22 February 2024
Yes that is the award I am interested in.
Published: 3 June 2024
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Request Received: 2 February 2024
I would like to submit a new FOI request.
All or some of the information provided previously has expired, I require an update on the questions below.
See my request below:
Contract 1 - Telephony/Voice Services (Analogue, ISDN VOIP, SIP, Cloud)
1.Telephony/Voice Services Provider- Please can you provide me with the name of the supplier for each contract.
2. Telephony/Voice Services Spend - Please can you provide me with the annual spend
3.Telephony/Voice Services - Contract Renewal Date- please provide day, month and year (month and year are also acceptable). If this is a rolling contract, please provide me with the rolling date of the contract. If there is more than one supplier, please split the renewal dates up into however many suppliers
4.Telephony/Voice Services - Contract Duration- the number of years the contract is for each provider, please also include any contract extensions.
5.Telephony/Voice Services - Type of Lines - Please can you split the type of lines and users per each supplier? PSTN, Analogue, SIP, ISDN, VOIP, Cloud
6.Telephony/Voice Services Number of Lines / Channels / SIP Trunks/ Cloud based users- Please can you split the number of lines per each supplier? SIP trunks/connections, PSTN, Analogue, ISDN
Contract 2 - Incoming and Outgoing of call services.
6.Minutes/Landline Provider- Supplier's name (NOT Mobiles) if there is no information available, please can you provide further insight into why?
7.Minutes/Landline Contract Renewal Date- please provide day, month and year (month and year is also acceptable). If this is a rolling contract, please provide me with the rolling date of the contract.
8.Minutes Landline Monthly Spend- Monthly average spend on calls for each provider. An estimate or average is acceptable. If SIP services, please provide me with the cost of services per month.
9.Minute's Landlines Contract Duration- the number of years the contract is for each provider, please also include any contract extensions.
10.Number of Extensions- Please state the number of telephone extensions the organisation currently has. An estimate or average is acceptable.
Contract 3 - The organisation's broadband provider.
11.Broadband Provider- Supplier's name if there is not information available, please can you provide further insight into why?
12.Broadband expiry l Date- please provide day, month, and year (month and year is also acceptable). If this is a rolling contract, please provide me with the rolling date of the contract. If there is more than one supplier, please split the expiry dates up into however many suppliers
13.Broadband Annual Average Spend- Annual average spend for each broadband provider. An estimate or average is acceptable.
Contract 4 - Contracts relating to Wide Area Network [WAN] services, this could also include HSCN network services.
14. WAN Provider- please provide me with the main supplier(s) if there is no information available, please can you provide further insight into why?
15.WAN Contract expiry Date- please provide day, month, and year (month and year are also acceptable). If this is a rolling contract, please provide me with the rolling date of the contract. If there is more than one supplier, please split the expiry dates up into however many suppliers
16.Contract Description: Please can you provide me with a brief description for each contract
17.The number of sites: Please state the number of sites the WAN covers. Approx. will do.
18. WAN Annual Average Spend- Annual average spend for each WAN provider. An estimate or average is acceptable.
19.For each WAN contract can you please provide me with information on how this was procured, especially around those procurement that used frameworks, please provide me with the framework reference.
20.Internal Contact: please can you send me their full contact details including contact number and email and job title for all the contracts above.
Published: 3 June 2024
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Request Received: 12 February 2024
The EPSR funds "Cooperative Awards in Science and Technology" (CASE) studentships for UK-based STEM doctoral students working on projects alongside businesses.
I would like to request the following information pertaining to collaborations between the EPSRC and BAE systems plc:
* Records of monetary transactions between the EPSRC and BAE systems or between the EPSRC and the University bodies in the UK for CASE studentships, including the names of the Universities, departments and, if possible, research groups involved, dated appropriately.
* Records of funding from the EPSRC for any other research projects in collaboration with BAE systems, again including the names of the institutions involved and dated appropriately.
* Records of the research output resulting from said studentships and projects.
I would like you to provide this information in either pdf or excel spreadsheet format to this email address.
Follow up Correspondence: 27 February 2024
Thank you for your email and the information provided. Although it was perhaps not as clear as it could have been, my request for "records of monetary transactions" (which you have approximated as records of research grants, which is fine) was intended to include records of the actual value of those transactions. I can see in the spreadsheet where a research grant was given for a project in collaboration with BAE systems but nowhere can I find the actual cash value of these grants. Am I missing something? If not, would it be possible to obtain this information asap?
Published: 3 June 2024
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Request Received: 16 February 2024
Request for Comprehensive Documentation on Grant Offer and Assessment Criteria
I am writing in follow-up to my recent Freedom of Information (FOI) request, reference number FOI2023_01010. While I appreciate the response and the grant offer letter provided, I find myself in need of further clarification and supporting documentation to fully understand the scope and execution of the project in question, particularly regarding provisions for promotion, assessment processes, and inclusivity adjustments for disability and diversity.
Given the critical nature of these aspects in ensuring the project's success and alignment with broader societal values, I kindly request that UKRI provide all available supporting documents that detail:
1. The criteria and methodologies used for the assessment and evaluation of project outcomes.
2. Specific strategies employed for the promotion of the project to ensure wide visibility and impact.
3. Provisions made to accommodate diversity and inclusivity, including adjustments for disability, within the project framework.
Understanding that some of this information may be sensitive, I assure you that my request is made in the spirit of transparency and with the intention of fostering a more inclusive and effective implementation of the project
Published: 3 June 2024
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Request Received: 2 February 2024
Please provide me with:
1. The amount of any funding provided to Stonewall, or any subsidiary of Stonewall, in the following financial years:
* 2022/23.
* 2023/24 up to the date this request is processed. Please, where possible, indicate when these payments were made by date.
2. Please specify whether the funding in 1 above has been in the form of:
* Direct grants for unlimited purposes.
* Direct grants for limited purposes (in that event, stating the purpose).
* Payment for goods or services (specifying the relevant goods and services).
Clarification Requested: 6 February 2024
Please could you provide the names of the Stonewall subsidiaries.
Clarification Received: 5 March 2024
Stonewall also trades as Stonewall Equality Limited
Published: 3 June 2024
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Request Received: 16 February 2024
I would like an FOI on all commercial arrangements with SQW Group in the last 12 months
Published: 3 June 2024
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Request Received: 12 February 2024
Further to helpful discussions with [redacted] and [redacted] of Innovate UK, please could you provide the following information for Innovate UK for the most recent financial reporting year: 2022/23
(i) total operating expenditure
(ii) A breakdown of this expenditure under the following headings - expenditure on staff, purchase of goods and services, and depreciation and impairment charges
- core funding to Catapults
- R&D (ie project) grants to Catapult
- other funding to Catapults, if any
- R&D grants to companies (excluding grants that are made as part of investor partnerships)
- R&D grants to companies made as part of investor partnerships
- R&D grants to universities
- R&D grants to charities
- R&D grants to other types of organisation - SBRI contracts funded by Innovate UK
- Other Innovate UK funding to companies under Public Procurement of Innovation, if any
- Knowledge Transfer Partnersips
- KTNs
- Other (with any major categories identified)
(iii) Additional funding for 2022/23 under the SBRI/Public Procurement of Innovation headings provided by government departments and agencies BUT managed by Innovate UK, with a breakdown by department/agency
(iv) Additional funding for 2022/23 under other headings provided by government departments and agencies BUT managed by Innovate UK, with a breakdown by department/agency
(v) If possible, any comments on major changes expected in coming years in this pattern:
- total Innovate UK expenditure and breakdown of total expenditure
- funding from other deprtments/agencies but managed by Innovate Uk
An email reply with attachments is preferred
Published: 3 June 2024
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Request Received: 6 March 2024
I wish to submit a FOI request regarding the following information:
Page 91 of the report contains information relating to Reporting of Civil Service and other Comprehensive Schemes - Exit Packages.
My request relates to: Number of other departures agreed for the periods 2022-23 and 2021-22, specifically
• What were the circumstances for the non- redundancy payments?
• Did any of the packages relate to any incidents [where] the member of staff was as the time or previously subject to investigation (for any UKRI Policy)?
• Did any of the packages relate to incidents [where] the member of staff was subject to any allegations of wrongdoing (as per any UKRI Policy) prior to any informal or formal investigation?
• Did [any] of the packages include the requirement for the member of staff to agree to sign an NDA?
• Any other circumstances not listed above.
My request does not include the need for UKRI to disclose the identities of the staff involved.
Published: 29 May 2024
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Request Received: 15 March 2024
Could you provide some information on the Biomedical Catalyst 2023 Round 2: Industry-led R&D please:
1. Total no. of applications sent for assessment
2. No. of applications invited to interview
3. No. of applications notified of success with interview
4. No. of applications notified of success without interview.
Published: 29 May 2024
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Request Received: 5 February 2024
Please answer this FOI on the basis of the UKRI 2022 independent report that you can find here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-review-of-uk-research-and-innovation-ukri/independent-review-of-uk-research-and-innovation-ukri-final-report-and-recommendations
The FOI timing encompasses the seven (7) months prior to the publication of the report and the five (5) months after this date. Kindly provide me with the following electronic communications between the following people, but only if those communications are related to the aforementioned report:
• First: The UKRI CEO and the UKRI Chair of the Board,
• Second: The UKRI CEO and Sir David Grant,
• Third: The UKRI CEO and the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation,
• Fourth: Same as Second and Third, except that substitute "CEO" by "Chair of the Board".
I should add that if communications feature the inclusion of other parties not explicitly declared in the previous points, the e-mails shall still be considered within scope. Please consider that electronic communications can mean e-mails, but the search ought to include attachments, agendas, memos, MS Teams or Slack, etc.
Published: 29 May 2024