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. FOI2025/00365: Research England Council Minutes 2024

    Request Received: 1 April 2025

    Please can you supply minutes for all of the Research England council meetings held in 2024

    I understand Research England held meetings in November and September https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/research-england/how-we-are-governed/ but the latest available summary concerns a meeting in February 2023.

    Would it be possible to receive all of the minutes/summaries of council meetings held in the calendar year 2024

    Published: 28 May 2025

  2. FOI2025/00345: Common Cold Unit Archive

    Request Received: 24 March 2025

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am requesting access to any historical records held by the Medical Research Council or UKRI concerning the Common Cold Unit (CCU), including:

    Documentation or study reports detailing experiments involving intentional exposure of participants to cold or flu viruses.

    Informed consent forms, participant protocols, or ethical board reviews for such experiments conducted between 1946 and 1989.

    Internal or external correspondence with the Ministry of Defence, Porton Down, or other government entities concerning the CCU’s work.

    Information on how CCU results were shared, used in public health policy, or influenced pandemic planning.

    If these records have been archived or transferred, please advise where they can be accessed.

    Published: 28 May 2025

  3. FOI2025/00128: 8% Stipend increase modelling

    Request received: 31 January 2025

    Please can you supply any modelling on the impact of the 8% stipend increase announced in January 2025 on the number of students that can be funded by UKRI. I am looking for all technical documents as well as letters/paper prepared for the UKRI Executive Committee and UKRI Board

    Published: 22 May 2025

  4. FOI2025/00215: Investigations into UKRI staff behaviours

    Request received: 18 February 2025

    1. The number of UKRI staff (and contractors) who were involved (e.g. as witnesses, complainants, victims) in any investigations into behaviours by staff in the HR function that were ongoing in 2024 or 2025, who have left or are expected to leave the organisation between September 2024 and March 2025.

    2. How many of those that left or are expected to leave did so under a settlement agreement or exit package.

    3. How many of those settlements/exit packages included a section or clause relinquishing the rights of those accepting the agreement to raise any claims against UKRI.

    4. How many of those settlements/exit packages included a non-disclosure or confidentiality section or clause.

    Published: 15 May 2025

  5. FOI2025/00095: Responses to PCE Consultation

    Request Received: 28 January 2025

    I’m writing to request the complete responses to the consultation on the approach to PCE for the REF. Specifically, I would like to request the aggregate response to the closed questions -i.e. how many respondents ticked which response, which I assume is very simple to supply and raises no confidentiality issues.

    In addition, I would like to request all the write-in responses, which I understand will need to have personal information redacted from them. If that requires a bit more time, perhaps you could send me the quantitative data as above first?

    Clarification Received: 25 February 2025

    I was indeed referring to the responses to this survey: https://www.technopolis-group.com/new/ref-2029-people-culture-and-environment-indicators-survey/

    Even though you outsourced the conduct of the survey you must have all the responses – in aggregate – i.e. a report of how many people ticked which box for each question (as most of the answers were tick box). It was this information I was asking for. Plus all the write-ins that were added in the free-text boxes with the report. I assume these were also made available to you since you are presumably relying on these responses to shape PCE.

    If you simply have a report from Technopolis with all the responses, then presumably you could send me that? This should be very unburdensome!

    If you were also supplied with all the underlying data, which I would assume for any survey which you were responsible for – even if you outsourced its implementation – including all the free text comments (anonymised) which I would assume you would have as standard, I would welcome that. I hope this clarifies and that it makes the request simple for you to implement.

    Since the survey was conducted six months ago and since it typically takes around a day (or less) to process and deliver raw data from such an exercise, that data must be available. Even if there are further activities ongoing.

    Published: 13 May 2025

  6. FOI2025/00287: Managers’ Contact Details

    Request Received: 7 March 2025

    I would like to request the following information:

    1. The full names, official email addresses, and official telephone numbers of the following managers in your organisation:

    Procurement Manager

    Learning and Development Manager

    Training Manager

    PMO Manager

    IT Manager

    Information Security Manager

    Governance Manager

    Change Manager

    Project Manager

    Programme Manager

    Portfolio Manager

    Benefits Manager

    Data Protection Manager

    Operations Manager

    2. If available, please provide the organisational structure or hierarchy of the department to clarify the roles of the managers.

    If any of the requested information is exempt from disclosure under the FOI Act, please provide an explanation of the exemption(s) applied and any relevant public interest test considerations.

    Published: 13 May 2025

  7. FOI2025/00306: Hosting Contracts

    Request Received: 18 March 2025

    I wish to submit a request to the organisation around their hosting contract(s) with 3rd party providers.

    You may have received the same request in the past and this information sent has now expired and I require an update as soon as possible for the following.

    The type of contract I wish to see is below:

    1. Dedicated hosting- Managed environment

    2. Co-Location- hosting allows a business to still own their own server equipment; however, instead of storing it in their own data centre, they instead are able to store it in rented space in a colocation hosting centre.

    3. Cloud Hosting- Cloud hosting services provide hosting for websites on virtual servers, which pull their computing resources from extensive underlying networks of physical web servers.

    Not all of these will be applicable to the organisation.

    For the different types of hosting services, can you provide me with the following information:

    1. Type of hosting – Dedicated, Co-Location, Cloud Hosting, Other?

    2. Who is the supplier of the contract? If possible can you also provide me with the name of the vendor, if applicable?

    3. What is the annual contract value for each contract?

    4. What type of cloud environment? Private Cloud- a distinct and secure cloud based environment in which only the specified client can operate. Public Cloud - where cloud services are provided in a virtualized environment, constructed using pooled shared physical resources, and accessible over a public network such as the internet. Hybrid- integrated cloud service utilising both private and public clouds to perform distinct functions within the same organisation.

    5. What is the original start date of the contract agreement? If there are more than one contract please provide me with the start date for each contract.

    6. What is the actual expiry date of the contract agreement? If there are more than one contract please provide me with the expiry date for each contract.

    7. When will the organisation plan to review this contract? If there are more than one contract please provide me with the review date for each contract.

    8. What is the contract period in years? Please include whether the agreement has any extension periods?

    9. What services are provided under the contract? Please do not put hosting information such as web hosting, file storage, hosted application. The more information the better,

    10. Can you please provide me with the contract officer responsible for this contract? Complete contact details if possible name, title, contact email and number.

    Published: 13 May 2025

  8. FOI2025/00090: UKRI Funded Bullying & Harassment Reports

    Request Received: 27 January 2025

    Please could I request the number of UKRI-funded researchers reporting bullying and harassment over the time period of 2019 to 2024, broken down by research council?

    Could I also request the figures of UKRI-funded researchers reporting sexual harassment within the same period in the same time period, broken down by research council?

    For both requests, please could I have both the number of cases reported and upheld, and the number of cases reported and not upheld?

    Clarification Received: 6 March 2025

    I confirm I'm happy with [the definition that is set out in the UKRI Preventing Harm policy, which states "To manage the risks associated with our funding, organisations must inform UKRI of any upheld allegations of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment, bullying, psychological abuse and physical violence against staff, students or associated personnel directly involved in a UKRI funded activity."]

    I'm just seeking data for researchers who have applied for and received grant-funding from UKRI, not [researchers who are employed by UKRI and work at UKRI funded institutes].

    Published: 13 May 2025

  9. FOI2025/00358: UKRI Board Minutes

    Request Received: 28 March 2025

    I'd like to request the minutes for three of the UKRI board meetings held in the latter half of 2024.

    At present, there are minutes for three UKRI board meetings held in 2024 published on the website - the last of which was held in May 2024 https://www.ukri.org/publications/ukri-board-meeting-minutes-2024/

    Please can you supply the remaining minutes for 2024 meetings please as these are all likely to have been signed off given meetings have already been held in 2025.

    Can you also clarify what the publication policy regarding timely publication of UKRI meeting minutes - I can't find a policy regarding timely publication of UKRI meeting minutes. Some research councils talk about endeavouring to publish minutes within three months of a meeting but I can't find anything conclusive.

    Published: 13 May 2025

  10. FOI2025/00235: Research Funding for Women’s Health

    Request Received: 25 February 2025

    I would like to request the following information regarding public research funding for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), endometriosis, and other women’s reproductive health conditions:

     1.    Research Funding

    • The total amount of public funding allocated by the MRC to PCOS and endometriosis research over the past 10 years.

    • Comparison of funding for PCOS and endometriosis to that of male-specific health conditions (e.g., prostate cancer, testicular cancer) over the same period.

    2.    Research Priorities

    • The MRC's current research priorities for women’s reproductive health, specifically related to PCOS and endometriosis.

    • Any recent initiatives or strategies designed to increase funding for research into conditions that disproportionately affect women.

    3.    Gender-Specific Health Research

    • Any reports or initiatives commissioned by the MRC regarding gender bias in research or the gap in understanding women’s health conditions in the last decade.

     If any of this information is already publicly available, please provide links or references.

    Published: 13 May 2025