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. FOI2022/00272: Kent RS REF 2021 submission

    Request Received: 18 August 2022

    Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request a copy of the Kent RS submission for REF 2021, and all emails and correspondence that were sent regarding my complaint.

    Published: 8 December 2022

  2. FOI2022/00379: UKRI-2104 STFC Air-Conditioning Maintenance, Reactive, Remedial and Project Installations

    Response Received: 19 November 2022

    I write to you in relation to a contract you awarded.

    Contract title: UKRI-2104 STFC Air-Conditioning Maintenance, Reactive, Remedial and Project Installations

    Date of award of this notice: 14/11/2022

    Information Requested

    In accordance with s.1 of the Act, which provides a general right of access to information held by public authorities, I wish to receive the following information:

    • A copy of the list of all bidders (company names) and, from those, the bidders who were successful

    I request that any personal data relating to individuals is removed before this information is sent. Should the scorecards be unavailable I would request that the list of applicants only be submitted.

    Published: 6 December 2022

  3. FOI2022/00278: Research using live animals

    Request Received: 25 August 2022

    (1) For 2021 could you please advise the total amount granted for research involving, the use of live animals, licenced under ASPA 1986. For the same year, could you please, let me know, the amounts granted to develop human relevant research which would reduce/replace the use of animals.

    (2) For MRC-funded research grants involving (in full or part) the less commonly used species of dogs for 2021 could you please let me know the amount of grants awarded.

    Published: 30 November 2022

  4. FOI2022/00275: ICT devices deployed by UKRI in 2022-2025

    Request Received: 23 August 2022

    Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would request you to respond to (IT) questions included in the attachment.

    1. Please list the number of devices deployed by your organisation for the below list?

    2. Does your organisation have any plans of refreshing or replacing any of the ICT devices from the below list. If yes, please provide the indicative or projected expenditure in the given format?

    3. Does your organisation have any plans for developing, refreshing, or replacing any software applications, if so, can you please provide the information in the below format?

    Published: 30 November 2022

  5. FOI2022/00328: MRC Pension Scheme Investments

    Request Received: 13 October 2022

    I am writing to ask for your help with a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

    Would it be possible for you to send me a copy of any records that would show some or all of the following information:

    1. A list of ALL types of alternative asset investments, including private equity, venture capital, distressed debt, mezzanine, fund of funds, infrastructure, natural resources, real estate and private debt partnerships in which MRC Pension Scheme is an investor; and

    2. For each partnership, may I please have a copy of any alternative assets investment records that would show some or all of the following information:

    a. MRC Pension Scheme's total commitment to the partnership,

    b. the total contributions made by MRC Pension Scheme to the partnership to date,

    c. the total distributions received by MRC Pension Scheme from the partnership to date,

    d. the estimated current value of MRC Pension Scheme's holding in the partnership, and

    e. any available figures showing the Net, Gross and Unlevered IRR earned by MRC Pension Scheme to date on its investment in the partnership.

    3. In addition to this could you please provide me with an up to date account of your current asset allocations in the above asset classes including any direct investments you may have.

    Thank you very much for your attention to this request. I have attached an example of the type of information that we are hoping to receive.

    In the event that MRC Pension Scheme has no such investments, a simple note to this effect will suffice.

    Published: 28 November 2022

  6. FOI2022/00279: EP/H026177/1 Case for Support

    Request Received: 29 August 2022

    In response to a freedom of information request I made in 2019 (UKRI Ref: 2019/0297), on 16 December 2019 I was provided a redacted version of documents that were submitted by Brunel University as part of their application for grant EP/H026177/1 (EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Liquid Metal Engineering) that was eventually awarded in 2010. These included a redacted version of the original 'Case for Support' document. Regarding this, I have a query and a further request/appeal:

    Freedom of information request:

    In the redacted document named "01 EP_H026177-1 CfS_Redacted.pdf" (which contained the Case for Support), on pages 7, 8, 9 and 10, certain sections under PRA1 - PRA6 and ULRA1 - ULRA6 were redacted. Was the decision to redact these sections taken solely by the UKRI, or was this done after contacting other stakeholders?

    Appeal:

    May I appeal that I be provided a non-redacted version of the Case for Support document please. In particular, I am interested in looking at the content under the sections PRA1, PRA2 and PRA4, which were redacted. I believe a public scrutiny of the technical contents of grant proposals is very important. From what I can tell, there does not appear to be any personal information of any individuals under the aforementioned (redacted) sections of this document. In addition, the grant EP/H026177/1 came to an end long ago in 2015 and any exploitation that could have been made from this content would have been made by now. Hence, I believe there should be no problem in releasing all the technical details presented in this proposal.

    Published: 23 November 2022

  7. FOI2022/00353: Social Media Management Tool

    Request Received: 28 October 2022

    1. Who is your social media management and monitoring tool supplier?
    2. Start date & duration of framework/contract with the supplier
    3. Actual spend on this contract/framework (and any sub lots), from the start of the contract to the current date
    4. Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for this contract?

    Published: 23 November 2022

  8. FOI2022/00375: Expenditure on equality, diversity, and inclusivity

    Request Received: 17 November 2022

    I wish to make an FOI request, as set out under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

    Please can your organisation provide the following information:

    a) The number of roles in your association (expressed in numbers of FTE), that are mainly or exclusively focussed on issues of equality, diversity, or inclusivity. For example, this could include (amongst other guises) "EDI officers" or "diversity and inclusion project managers" but would not include general HR managers.

    b) Either a) the pay band of each of these roles, or b) the combined total salaries for these roles. Whichever measure is more in accordance with your data preferences.

    c) In the past 12 months the number of staff days across your organisation which have been committed to attending equality training programmes, whether internally run or with external consultants. (staff days = duration of the training programme multiplied by the number of staff in attendance for the course). If unable to provide please mark as N/A in your return.

    Published: 22 November 2022

  9. FOI2022/00296: Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition Round 2

    Request Received: 9, 11, 12 and 20 September 2022

    1) What were the pass marks for each successful project in the recent Clean Marine Demonstration Competition (both Strand 1 and Strand 2)?

    Note: We do NOT require projects to be identified by name but would like results from each strand separated please.

    2) Please provide details of the marks awarded to each unsuccessful project application.

    Note: I do not need to know which projects received which marks.

    3) What is the highest mark of applications to the CMDC which failed?

    4) What is the lowest mark by assessors for CMDC applications which succeeded?

    5) What budgets were allocated to CMDC Strand 1 and Strand 2?

    6) What total sums have been allocated to successful projects in Strand 1 and Strand 2?

    Published: 21 November 2022

  10. FOI2022/00287: Biomedical Catalyst 2022 Round 1

    Response Received: 5th September

    For Innovate UK's Biomedical Catalyst 2022 Round 1: Industry-led R&D, 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 (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: 16 November 2022