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: 13 March 2024
This is an information request relating to staff networks.
Please include the following information for the following years, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23:
• A list of all the staff networks at the organisation
• Whether each network receives internal funding and, if so, how much (please express annually for the last four financial years)
• How much FTE equivalent staff time each network is entitled to. For example, a staff network may have a chair who's entitled to spend 10% of their working hours devoted to the network (please express annually for the last three financial years)
• A list of events that each network has held in this financial year so far (April to the present day), including the title of the event, information on any guest speakers and the time of the event
Published: 29 May 2024
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Request Received: 8 March 2024
Further to the FOI reports that you have previously provided me with, would you be kind enough to update the Excel spreadsheet to include all competitions up to the present day. For your information, our most recent chain of correspondence, including the details of my initial request are provided below.
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request an update to [the data included in response to] my previous FOI request (Reference: FOI2020/00143) for the following information for every grant funding competition offered or managed by Innovate UK from 1 April 2015 to the present day. For each competition individually, please provide the following information:
• The name of the competition and the funding round
• The competition opening date
• The financial year in which the competition was offered
• The total number of applications received for the competition
• The total number of successful applications for the competition
• The number of applications receiving a mark of 70 to 79 inclusive
• The number of applications receiving a mark of 70 to 79 that were successful
• The number of applications receiving a mark of 80 or above
• The number of applications receiving a mark of 80 or above that were successful
• And for each competition, the lowest mark achieved for a successful application
Please provide the information in Excel spreadsheet format.
Published: 29 May 2024
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Request Received: 25 April 2024
Can you please share the name of individuals submitted in the "Economics and Econometrics" unit of assessment (UOA 16) by each university?
I also want the above information for the REF2021, REF2014 and RAE2008.
Published: 16 May 2024
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Request Received: 2 May 2024
UKRI-1800 Geotechnical Advisor for UKRI-NERC: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018971-2022
The details we require are:
1. What are the contractual performance KPI's for this contract?
2. Suppliers who applied for inclusion on each framework/contract and were successful & not successful at the PQQ & ITT stages
3. Actual spend on this contract/framework (and any sub lots), from the start of the contract to the current date
4. Start date & duration of framework/contract?
5. Could you please provide a copy of the service/product specification given to all bidders for when this contract was last advertised?
6. Is there an extension clause in the framework(s)/contract(s) and, if so, the duration of the extension?
7. Has a decision been made yet on whether the framework(s)/contract(s) are being either extended or renewed?
8. Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for this contract?
Published: 15 May 2024
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Request Received: 18 April 2024
Please can you respond to the following request for Information. The details I require are:
Spend on Office supplies and associated products for the below financial years.
1st April 2022 - 31st March 2023
1st April 2023 - 31st March 2024
Start date & duration of Contract?
Is there an extension clause in the contract and, if so, the duration of the extension?
Has a decision been made yet on whether the contract is to be either extended or renewed?
Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for the contract?
Name of Incumbent Supplier?
How long have you traded with them?
If you publish your register of contracts and purchasing, can you please provide a website link.
In addition, can you confirm if you have a contract in place for Tail End Spend.
Clarification Received: 22 April 2024
To clarify I would like information on your spend on Office Supplies, Paper, Ink and Toner, etc
Ideally all spend that is identified under the following CPV Code.
30000000 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
I had added a description below.
Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages code description The category "Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages" encompasses a wide range of products and items that are essential for office operations and computing needs. It includes office machinery, equipment, and supplies, excluding computers, printers, and furniture. This category covers items such as photocopiers, scanners, shredders, paper, stationery, writing instruments, and other office essentials. Additionally, it includes computer equipment and supplies, such as monitors, keyboards, mice, cables, and other peripherals.
Published: 15 May 2024
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Request received: 11 March 2024
Dear BGS,
1. Please share the latest survey or report you hold on your database for the London Borough of Newham for subsidence? If you require a place to check, to be more specific any data you hold on subsidence in Plaistow West & Canning Town East in West Ham, with Post Code E13
2. From the data you hold on to your database, can you check if there is any warning issued or any area subject to subsidence within the Newham Borough within the last 10 years?
3. During the last 10 years, have you been made officially aware or from your monitoring methods of any buildings or houses subject to subsidence in that borough?
4. Has the London Borough of Newham been in touch with you in the last 10 years regarding any subsidence? If yes, Please state the area with post code.
5. Please state if these postcodes or area surroundings fall into an area subject to subsidence E13 8SL, E20 1EJ and E13 8DR ?
Published: 14 May 2024
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Request Received: 8 March 2024
I am trying to better understand the funding process, and portfolio approach of Innovate UK. For the following competition
Innovate UK Biomedical Catalyst 2023 Round 2: Industry-led R&D competition (Competition opened: 20 September 2023 9:00am UK time; Closing date: 8 November 2023 11:00am UK time [https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/biomedical-catalyst-2023-round-two-industry-led-rd/]
Could you kindly provide: Application Data:
1. Total number of applications.
2. Total number of applications ineligible for assessment.
3. Total number of successful applications.
4. Total number of applications considered a resubmission of a previous application.
5. Total number of successful applications which were considered a resubmission of a previous application.
6. The success rate.
7. The score of the lowest scoring funded project.
8. The score of the highest scoring funded project.
9. The score of the highest non-funded project.
10. The average (mean) score of funded projects.
11. Average grant fund value of funded projects.
12. The score distributions of the applications (eg. % (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).
13. The number of assessed applications by research category.
14. The number of successful projects by research category.
15. The number of assessed applications by innovation area.
16. The number of successful projects by innovation area.
17. The number of unsuccessful applicants, if any, which scored above the minimum funded score.
Published: 14 May 2024
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Request Received: 25 April 2024
1. Telephony and UC/ Collaboration
a. Please confirm the manufacturer of your telephony system(s) that are currently in place
b. When is your contract renewal date?
c. Who maintains your telephony system(s)?
d. Do you use Unified Communications or Collaboration tools , if so which ones?
2. Microsoft
a) What Microsoft 365 licence do you have across the business e.g. E3, E5
b) Which partner looks after your Microsoft tenant?
c) Where do you host your applications? Do you have on-premise infrastructure or do you host your applications in public or private cloud? Which?
3. Storage
a. Does your organisation use on-premise or cloud storage or both?
b. Please confirm the on-premise hardware manufacturer
c. Please confirm your cloud storage provider d. What is your annual spend on cloud storage?
e. How do you back up your data and with who e.g. Backup as a Service
Published: 10 May 2024
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Request Received: 19 April 2024
For Innovate UK's Smart grants: September 2023 competition (both the <18 month (<£500k) and >18 month streams), 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 success rate.
5. The minimum successful score.
6. The maximum successful score.
7. Maximum score of failed applications.
8. Average grant fund value per project.
9. Average score of funded projects.
10. 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).
11. The count of assessed applications by innovation area.
12. The count of successful projects by innovation area for each strand.
13. The count of assessed applications by research category (feasibility studies, industrial research, experimental development).
14. The count of successful projects by research category.
15. The number of unsuccessful applications, if any, which scored above the minimum funded score.
Published: 7 May 2024
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Request Received: 5 March 2024
Please could you advise as to the full economic cost of this investigation? This constitutes an FoI request.
Published: 7 May 2024