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: 24 August 2021
The info posted on WhatDoTheyKnow under: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/616736/response/1478141/attach/4/FOI%20Response%202019.0313.pdf?cookie_passthrough=1 indicates UKRI were under contract to Konica until June 21. Please would you indicate if an extension was taken, if so what is the revised end date.
Please would you also advise who is responsible for print within your organisation.
Published: 5 November 2021
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Request Received: 8 October 2021
1. How many projects are funded through the current InnovateUK Clean Maritime Programme?
2. How many of these projects became "live" on 1st. September?
Published: 5 November 2021
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Request Received: 16 August 2021
The previous data [provided in FOI2020/00242] show the extent of under-representation of ethnic minority committee members in research councils. For committee members, participation appears to entirely absent in a large fraction of committee meetings. I would like to understand the factors that affect participation (see part 1 below).
It is also important to acknowledge that individual actions, policies and practices are likely to impact different ethnicities differently, as is the case of many other parts of society. It is therefore important to understand the numbers associated with particular ethnicities. This is why in the previous FOI I asked "If possible, please provide ethnicity data for each ethnic category (for example, Black, Asian or White colleagues)". I note that on that occasion it was not provided, and recognise that this was probably to protect the identities of individuals. In part 2 below, I would like to request data in a form that is specific to ethnic categories, and at the same time in a format that protects personal information and individuality. Aggregating data across time is an effective research strategy and should allow you to protect anonymity.
With this in mind, please could you provide the following data? I make the request in two parts below.
Part 1:
Any written guidance issued to UKRI staff about the process of selecting and inviting individuals in the FOI[2020/00242] to committee meetings.
The median number of invitations to committee meetings issued to individuals over the period in the last FOI. Note that this collapses across years and summarises data across individuals, so probably eliminates the risk of identifying particular individuals. Therefore, please use the following ethnic categories at minimum (Asian, Black, Mixed race, White and uncategorised). For comparability, please use data for the same individuals as those contributing in the previous data release.
Part 2:
Please look again at the data used to generate the previous FOI release, and this time provide data of the same type pertaining to specific ethnic categories (at minimum, Asian, Black, Mixed race, White and uncategorised). Please aggregate data across the five years in order to protect individual identities and confidentiality.
Published: 5 November 2021
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Request Received: 19 July 2021
I submit a request under the Freedom of Information Act for:
All records in the possession, custody or control of the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) describing the isolation of a SARS-COV-2 virus, directly from a sample taken from a diseased patient, where the patient sample was not first combined with any other source of genetic material (i.e. monkey kidney cells aka vero cells; liver cancer cells). Please note that I am using "isolation" in the every-day sense of the word: the act of separating a thing(s) from everything else. I am not requesting records where "isolation of SARS-COV-2" refers instead to:
• the culturing of something, or
• the performance of an amplification test (i.e. a PCR test), or
• the sequencing of something.Please also note that my request is not limited to records that were authored by the MRC or that pertain to work done by the MRC. My request includes any sort of record, for example (but not limited to) any published peer-reviewed study that the MRC has downloaded or printed.
In other words, my request is in relation to information pertaining to any record of correct isolation and/or purification of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, where the virus has been isolated from genetic and other bodily material, centrifuged and purified so only the viral particles remain.
If any records match the above description of requested records and are currently available to the public elsewhere, please provide enough information about each record so that I may identify and access each record with certainty (i.e. title, author(s), date, journal, where the public may access it).
Published: 5 November 2021
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Request Received: 25 August 2021
I have been looking for a MRC Grant application from 1971. The grant number is G/971/288/C and the title of the project: 'a behavioural approach to obsessional neurosis'. The grant was awarded to Dr. Stanley Rachman, who was working as a clinical psychologist at the Institute of Psychiatry at the time.
I cannot find the MRC file relating to the above grant at the National Archives. This is strange as I have been able to access two other MRC-funded grants relating to Rachman's work (in collaboration with Issac Marks)- both of which I submitted, and was granted, an FOI request.
The MRC should have reference to all the grants awarded. Any details relating to Rachman's 1971 grant (G/971/288/C) would be greatly appreciated. I've looked everywhere- and it would be extremely unlikely that any record of this application wasn't in existence/had been destroyed!
Published: 5 November 2021
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Request Received: 25 October 2021
Dear Innovate UK
In recruitment, can you confirm if you offer pre-recorded interviews as a reasonable adjustment. These can be also known as asynchronous interview.Published: 4 November 2021
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Request Received: 1 November 2021
Dear Innovate UK,
Thank you for publishing your spend data here:
https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Finnovate-uk-transactions-over-
25000&data=04%7C01%7Cfoi%40ukri.org%7C6e780f88b0d940f5f4a108d99d37857f%7C8bb7e08edaa44a8e927efca38db04b7e%7C0%7C0%7C637713684932920688%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=ICqV8bsi7FbKPDGJuuSFoQPiRP6dZlSk2TfQyj4HFdI%3D&reserved=0However, I notice that you haven't published any spending data since January 2021.
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 February 2021 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.
Your team may also be interested in the guidance on producing spending data:
https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fguidance-for-publishing-spend-over-5000&data=04%7C01%7Cfoi%40ukri.org%7C6e780f88b0d940f5f4a108d99d37857f%7C8bb7e08edaa44a8e927efca38db04b7e%7C0%7C0%7C637713684932920688%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=Bk5w7ISUugjN1DfH92%2FxxKfkpIkM9TI3cPUMILTTCME%3D&reserved=0.For the avoidance of doubt, I am making this request under the Freedom of Information Act. I await your response within 20 working days.
Published: 3 November 2021
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Request Received: 08 October 2021
I am approaching you directly as I note that the Centres for Agricultural Innovation are a collaborative model between the agri-tech sector and government and my request relates to the publication of a public tender notice.
I am writing specifically in relation to the following framework agreement titled: Neutral Vendor and/or Managed Service Provider for the Supply of Multi Specialism Services Frameworks - Reference: 002-1019t. Awarded 30th December 2019.
Please may you provide me with the following in relation to the framework agreement:
1.A copy of the above-mentioned framework agreement
2.Details of the legal justification for the use of modification notices dated 8th February '21 and 12th Feb '21
3.Details of the contracting authorities currently accessing the framework
4.Details of the suppliers that can be accessed through the framework
5.The total spend through the framework since go live
6.The titles and recipients of the engagements that are currently live through the frameworkPublished: 2 November 2021
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Request Received: 2 August 2021
If the information is available and you are able to share it could you please answer the following requests: For the SMART January 2021 competition, for both the 18 month streams:
1.The number of applications
2.The number of successful applications
3.The success rate
4.the minimum successful score
5.the maximum successful score
6.maximum score of failed applications
7.average grant fund value per project
8.total funds allocated
9.the score distributions of the applications (e.g. % (or number) of applications which scored <70, 71-75, 76-80, 81-85, 86+)
10.the count of successful projects by innovation area for each strand.
I would also like to request the number of unsuccessful applications, if any, which scored above the minimum funded score, please.
Published: 1 November 2021
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Request Received: 3 August 2021
We are writing to you pursuant to the FOI Act to request and obtain certain documentation held by you.
We are requesting all of the relevant documentation (including each contract and order form) relating to the agreement(s) (as is appropriate) between Oracle Corporation UK Limited ("Oracle") and UK Research and Innovation ("UKRI") for the provision of services under the G-Cloud frameworks during the course of the financial years of; 2020/21 and 2021/22.
In particular, such documentation relating to UK Shared Business Services' total spend of £142,602 with Oracle constituting the spend under the following iterations of G-Cloud: 1. G-Cloud 11 - £142,602.
We have obtained the above information from the Crown Commercial Service Digital Future Sales website (https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiNTEyMTZhZDAtZGNiNi00OWQxLWI5ODYtMjg1ZWNlMmNkOD VhIiwidCI6IjlmOGMwZDc5LTNlODctNGNkMy05Nzk5LWMzNDQzMTQ2ZWE1ZSIsImMiOjh9).
We have previously written to UK Shared Business Services Ltd requesting such information, and a copy of their reply is annexed to this letter. As such, we are now referring this request onto UKRI and would be grateful for your response regarding the same.
Published: 1 November 2021