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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1,257 disclosures

  1. EIR2023/00242: Gairloch Gold Project (IDA 292463)

    Request Received: 1 May 2023

    Dear British Geological Survey,

    Please treat this email as a Freedom of Information request.

    I understand that a firm called Galantas Gold has begun work to establish a potential gold mine near Gairloch: https://galantas.com/gairloch-project/overview/

    Please could you provide me with copies of all records held by BGS that relate to communications or project materials sent between BGS, Galantas Gold or agents acting on their behalf with regards to this project?

    This may include, but should not be limited to, power point presentations, meeting notes, project reports, permit application documents and email communications.

    I look forward to hearing from you in due course.

    Published: 31 May 2023

  2. FOI2023/00234: Biomedical Catalyst success rates

    Request Received: 25 April 2023

    Please can you provide the average success rate for strand 1 (over £500k) and strand 2 (under £500k), the number of total applications submitted and the number of eligible applications for the broken down into individual competitions of the biomedical catalyst dating back to 2019.

    Can you also confirm when the portfolio approach for Strand 1 came into effect.

    Published: 25 May 2023

  3. FOI2023/00225: Freedom of Information request - IR35 / Off-payroll

    Request Received: 21 April 2023

    Dear UK Research and Innovation,

    In your annual accounts and reports for 2021-22: Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 (ukri.org)

    On page 124, it states in relation to IR35, that "Social Security costs increased year-on-year; following a review of the IR35 status of Monitoring & Assessment Officers engaged by Innovate UK, UKRI has concluded that some of these Monitoring & Assessment officers should have been considered to be inside the scope of IR35 regulations, and thus subject to Income tax and national insurance contributions. UKRI has estimated a liability related to these income tax and national insurance contributions for the period to 2018-19 to 2021-22 which is included in Social Security costs. It is expected that this liability will be settled in 2022-23."

    [1] Please can you tell me the figure for the "estimated liability" for the IR35 / Off-payroll provision. Thank you.

    [2] Please can you also state how many contractors you engage with that are sole traders, as "Monitoring & Assessment Officers".

    [3] For the individuals in #2, please can you indicate how many of those UKRI believes they may have misclassified, and the tax provision set aside for them.

    [4] For the individuals in #3, that have been misclassified, please indicate the level of provision set aside for any potential claims for "worker" status, that may result in payouts for holiday pay and other benefits.

    Published: 23 May 2023

  4. FOI2023/00152: Grant Over-Payments

    Request Received: 24 March 2023

    I understand that a technical issue within your systems resulted in a large number of over-payments being made to your grant recipients over the past 4 years.

    Please could you tell me:

    1. The number of organisations which received an over-payment in each of 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022

    2. The total value of over-payments in each of 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022

    3. The amount recovered from over-payments made in each of 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022

    Published: 22 May 2023

  5. FOI2023/00202: Transactions over £25,000 from January 2023

    Request received: 14 April 2023

    Thank you for publishing your spend data here: https://www.ukri.org/about-us/innovate-uk/our-publications/innovate-uk-publications-2021/#contents-list

    However, I notice that you haven't published any spending data since December 2022.

    We understand that due to the COVID-19 pandemic it may not have been a priority to publish your spending data. However, we strongly believe that the spending data is critical to understanding how Government functions and this data is vital for our work. We would be extremely grateful if you could update this information as soon as reasonably possible.

    I'd like to make a request under the Freedom of Information act for all transactions over £25,000 from January to a month in arrears from the date at which you publish in response to this request.

    Please provide the data in a machine-readable format (preferably csv). As a minimum, please make sure to include the date, value and recipient of each transaction. Please also provide details on the procurement category of each transaction if you have it.

    Published: 16 May 2023

  6. FOI2023/00205: Validation of the Process of Animal Testing

    Request received: 10 April 2023

    Could you please share with me where and when the process of animal testing was scientifically validated? Not the individual tests but the process and by whom?

    Where is this validated process of animal testing information published for the public and the scientific community to see?

    Published: 4 May 2023

  7. FOI2023/00009: Funded DTPs and Centres

    Request Received: 15 January 2023

    I'd like to request a list of all doctoral training partnerships and centres that are currently funded by the UKRI. This includes any RO that has an active grant that is specifically for funding postdoctoral researchers.

    Could you please provide this information electronically in a table that includes:

    * Name of centre

    * Associated Research council

    * Web address of centre

    * Centre Director name and contact details

    * Centre Manager name and contact details

    * Period of funding

    * Total award associated with the grant

    * Number of studentships awarded through the grant

    I appreciate you considering this request and look forward to your response.

    Clarified on 17 January 2023

    Yes postgraduate/doctoral students is the primary focus of this request. I'm very happy to proceed with the focus being on all Centres for Doctoral Training and Doctoral Training Partnerships.

    Published: 2 May 2023

  8. FOI2023/00036: Follow up to FO12022/00380 - archaeology/heritage data

    Request Received: 31 January 2023

    I was hoping to enquire about some of the data that was disclosed in response to FOI request FOI2022/00380.

    It was mentioned in the response letter that some funding councils did not have electronic records as far back as 2005. Would you be able to advise on the years from which each council begun to digitise records, and as such the year from which each council is represented in the data provided?

    Published: 2 May 2023

  9. FOI2023/00127: Ownership of Grafton Place properties CM2 6TG

    Request Received: 14 March 2023

    1) Can you confirm that the Medical Research Council owns 20 Grafton place, Chelmsford, CM2 6TG.

    2) Can you confirm that Nuveen is representing them in managing the lease for 20 Grafton place. In this case, can you confirm the correct contact details for Nuveen please.

    3) I am requesting if the Medical Research Council is aware of the following decision

    a) to raise the rent by a very significant amount on 20 Grafton place

    b) to demand that the roof is completely replaced by the tenant

    c) the refusal to renew the lease other than on a 6 month temporary term for this charity that have been in situ for 40+ years in this location.

    d) that they are to be evicted by the end of March if they don't agree to these terms

    e) that the Medical Research Council have been asked for a contact on several occasions to discuss the problems with Nuveen and have not supplied the Charms with a contact as yet

    Published: 2 May 2023

  10. FOI2023/00021: AHRC grant statistics

    Request Received: 24 January 2023

    I am investigating on the funding of research in arts and humanities. Could you share with me please the statistics available in relation to the following items?:

    •Nº of research projects submitted to AHRC in the last 5 years.

    •Nº of research projects rejected in the last 5 years.

    •Average amount allocated by project

    •Average duration by project

    •Any other information related will be welcome

    Clarification requested 26 January 2023

    Please could you clarify whether you are defining research projects to include studentships/fellowships?

    Clarification received: 26 January 2023

    Thank you for your email

    I would like to include all kinds of research projects. Could you please identify their different categories in the file?

    Published: 2 May 2023