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: 18 November 2020
Please supply a complete list of the successful projects funded through SIF announced on 4th November.
Please supply the full list of successful projects under the Flight Future Challenge programme.
Published: 24 June 2021
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Request Received: 9 February 2021
Please provide me with a list of all other write-offs undertaken by UKRI since its inception.
Published: 24 June 2021
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Request Received: 16 September 2020
1. Standard Firewall (Network) - Firewall service protects your corporate Network from unauthorised access and other Internet security threats
2. Anti-virus Software Application - Anti-virus software is a program or set of programs that are designed to prevent, search for, detect, and remove software viruses, and other malicious software like worms, trojans, adware, and more.
3. Microsoft Enterprise Agreement - is a volume licensing package offered by Microsoft.
The information I require is around the procurement side and we do not require any specifics (serial numbers, models, location) that could bring threat/harm to the organisation.
For each of the different types of cyber security services can you please provide me with:
1. Who is the existing supplier for this contract?
2. What does the organisation annually spend for each of the contracts?
3. What is the description of the services provided for each contract?
4. Primary Brand (ONLY APPLIES TO CONTRACT 1&2)
5. What is the expiry date of each contract?
6. What is the start date of each contract?
7. What is the contract duration of contract?
8. The responsible contract officer for each of the contracts above? Full name, job title, contact number and direct email address.
9. Number of Licenses (ONLY APPLIES TO CONTRACT 3)
Published: 24 June 2021
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Request Received: 16 January 2021 (clarified 31 January 2021)
I would like to make a freedom of information request on two topics, your new platform IFS (Innovation Funding Service) and your Dynamic Purchasing System DPS.
IFS
Please provide the annual cost of IFS since embarking on its design and roll out, its ongoing cost of implementation and day-to-day operations. Please specify the dates to which the costs relate, which we hope would be broken out on a year-by-year basis. However, if they are available on a monthly or quarterly basis, that too would be fine, as long as that is clear. Where full year or quarter costs are unavailable, please clarify those.
I would also like to request information of the impact on your staff and on the organisations that you support through IFS. For example, in terms of the delay and frustration caused for organisations at not being able to make grant claims (or contract claims in the case of SBRI programmes, for example), the additional staff, FTE-equivalent, that have been recruited or diverted from other work to assist with IFS and its issues.
As we would like to compare the costs and impact of IFS with your previous _connect platform, please provide equivalent information over the same time frame that IFS was procured, designed and rolled out. Please provide the annual license and maintenance costs of both IFS and _connect, and the names of the two organisations from which they are procured. For useful comparison, please use the same time periods mentioned above, viz., the time frame that IFS was procured, designed and rolled out. If you have direct cost comparisons, that would be welcome.
DPS
Similar to the above, please provide the annual cost of design, implementation and ongoing operation of DPS, its license cost and the company from which it is procured. We would like to know the impact on your staff, e.g., the number of FTE staff diverted from other work or recruited, and, where possible, the impact on your suppliers tendering under the DPS. We would also like to know the cost savings that Innovate UK has generated through using a competitive tendering system for its monitoring suppliers. Annual, quarterly or monthly figures are fine., although annual or quarterly is preferred, commencing from when DPS started.
Please provide a statement on the effectiveness of the DPS in terms of the savings to Government and the taxpayer after taking into account any increased costs due to the implementation and operation of the DPS; ideally, this should include the satisfaction of the DPS by Innovate UK stakeholders and your suppliers. By stakeholders, we mean all those involved in the operation of the DPS, including the assessment of the submitted tenders by suppliers, and associated senior managers. We would welcome a statement on how the quality of service from suppliers has been impacted / affected by the DPS.
Clarification:
We are interested in both the Innovation Funding Service (IFS) and IFS post award (PA). We believe our main interest is in IFS PA, as we requested information relating to the impact of the system internally and externally, i.e., to the organisations that receive funding from Innovate UK. As part of your response, we would also like to request information that explains the difference between the two systems, and why Innovate UK has implemented two separate systems rather than combining the functionalities. We are wondering if public money could be saved through one system by, for example, streamlining Innovate UK operations and making them more effective, as well as providing a better service to grant-funded organisations.
Published: 23 June 2021
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Request Received: 26 June 2020
Full details of this request are provided in the attached document.
Published: 23 June 2021
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Request Received: 17 February 2021
Can you please provide a list of applications for this competition: UKRI Ideas to address COVID-19: Innovate UK Article 25 Dec 2020 that closed on the 9th December 2020. It clearly states on your website that applicants will be notified by the 26th Feb 2020 but we have learnt applicants were notified on the 28th Jan 2021 of the outcome without any feedback.
Please provide a list of companies that were successful in this competition ASAP, preferably before the 26th Feb feedback date.
Published: 23 June 2021
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Request Received: 14 January 2021
It was announced earlier this week that Kromek Ltd Co Durham UK has recently received 1.25m funding from UKRI for development of an automated detection system for airborne coronavirus.
I cannot find details of this on your web-based spreadsheet.
Could you please tell me the date on which the application was granted and when it was awarded.
Published: 23 June 2021
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Request Received: 7 February 2021
Under FOI, I would like to know in what year T-Cell observation was introduced as part of the MRC Path exam.
Published: 23 June 2021
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Request Received: 7 February 2021
Based on the Freedom of Information Act, could you please provide the following information with regards to Innovate UK Smart Grants: August 2020 competition?
1. The total number of applications
2. The number of assessed applications
3. The number of applications funded
4. The average score
5. The success threshold
And the following information with regards to Innovate UK Smart Grants: November 2020 competition?
6. The total number of applications
Published: 23 June 2021
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Request Received: 28 July 2020
I was wondering whether the 2020 pay review/settlement has now been finalised and implemented. If so, please find enclosed a Freedom of Information request regarding the 2020 pay award.
If it has yet to be concluded do you happen to know when would be best to submit my request again?
Freedom of Information Questions
- Please state the effective date (day, month and year) of your organisation's 2020/21 pay
- If the 2020/21 pay review has yet to be finalised please state the month in which you anticipate it will be concluded.
- Please state the employee group/s covered by the 2020/21 pay
- Please state the total number of employees covered by the 2020/21 pay
- Please provide a copy of your 2020/21 pay agreement (if applicable) or generic pay circular sent to employees (that is one that does not identify any individual employee) outlining the outcome of the latest pay review if there are no collective
- Was the latest pay review concluded under the remit of the 2020/21 Civil Service Pay Guidance?
- Please state the % consolidated basic pay rise received by the lowest-paid adult (aged 18 and over) employee as a result of the latest pay review, excluding the effect of any incremental rises, merit pay and
- Please list the current grades and pay rates together with the previous year's grades and rates for the below roles or their equivalents if applicable:
a] Administrative Assistant (AA)
b] Administrative Officer (AO)
c] Executive Officer (EO)
d] Higher Executive Officer (HEO)
e] Senior Executive Officer (SEO)
f] Grade 6
g] Grade 7
- If an employee's annual pay award is determined solely according to an assessment of their individual performance (commonly known as a merit increase) as opposed to an across-the-board pay rises (where all employees generally receive the same increase irrespective of their individual performance) please state the percentage of the paybill allocated to fund these awards, the range of increases and whether or not the awards are
- If any employees were eligible for individual performance-related payments or bonuses over and above the general pay rise please state the range of increases (either as a percentage of their base salary or a cash amount as applicable), whether or not they were consolidated into basic pay and please state the overall % of the paybill allocated to fund these
- Please state the overall paybill increase as a result of the latest pay review expressed as a percentage of the paybill.
- Have any other changes been made to terms and conditions (for example holiday entitlement, sick pay provision and the like) as part of the latest pay review? If yes, please state what they
13] Please state the name of the union/unions party to your main collective agreement covering pay and conditions if there are collective negotiations.
14] Please provide the name and contact details of the person/s responsible for overseeing your organisation's annual pay review.
Published: 23 June 2021