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. FOI2026/00302: Work from Home Policy

    Request Received: 9 April 2026

    This is an information request regarding work from home policy.

    Please include the following information for the following years 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26 (so far):

    • Copies of your work from home policy for staff for each year.

    • If the data exists, office occupancy rates.

    • The most common work from home policy that staff adopt.

    Published: 16 June 2026

  2. FOI2025/00818: Concentrations of Crime Data Challenge

    Request Received: 15 September 2025

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide the following records relating to the Concentrations of Crime Data Challenge which was announced in August 2025 by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: 
    https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ai-to-help-police-catch-criminals-before-they-strike 
     

    1. Any challenge specifications, briefing packs, or guidance provided to potential bidders that describe the data sources they may draw upon. 

    1. All documents or slide decks that identify or discuss anticipated data sources, including scoping notes or inventories. 

    1. Any data protection screening or impact assessments prepared to date that reference prospective data sources. 

    1. Copies of any draft data sharing agreement templates prepared in connection with this challenge. 

    Published: 16 June 2026

  3. FOI2026/00285: Cyber Security Breaches

    Request Received: 4 April 2026

    I would like to request the following information for each calendar year from 2020 to 2026 inclusive:

    1. The number of cyber security breaches that have being identified that were found to be a result of a malicious threat actor (i.e. not accidental data breach)

    2. The breakdown in high-level causes of these breaches as identified by cyber security incident response teams (CSIRTs), for example (but not limited to) unpatched software/hardware, lack of multi-factor authentication (MFA), leaked user credentials, lack of in-transit encryption, etc

    3. The number of breaches that occurred that were attributed to a previously known vulnerability to the organisations hardware, software, policies, or processes, for example where system was known to be at risk due to being unpatched or out of support, or security controls were recommended but not enforced, and was defined within the resulting incident response report.

    4. The estimated combined costs incurred as a result of cyber security breaches defined in request number one in each year.

    Published: 16 June 2026

  4. FOI2026/00278: Battery Innovation Programme

    Request received: 1 April 2026

    For Battery Innovation Programme - Feasibility Studies Round 1 and Concept Development Round 1 - 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. Average grant fund value per project

    8. Average score of funded projects

    Published: 15 June 2026

  5. FOI2026/00293: Institutional Standards for Senior Leadership Training and PSED Compliance

    Request received: 8 April 2026

    I am making a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the training frameworks and Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) compliance standards for senior leadership across UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). To assist with a review of public sector institutional standards, please provide the requested information subdivided by financial year (April to March) for the period 1 April 2018 to 31 July 2022. Please further subdivide the data by the UKRI Corporate Hub and each of the nine constituent research councils (AHRC, BBSRC, EPSRC, ESRC, Innovate UK, MRC, NERC, Research England, and STFC). Definition of Senior Leadership (The "Target Cohort"): For the purposes of this request, "Senior Leadership" refers to individuals holding roles at Senior Grade Band X or Band Y (official equivalents to Senior Civil Service grades SCS1, SCS2, and SCS3). This includes, but is not limited to, Executive Chairs, Chief Operating Officers (COOs), Chief Finance Officers (CFOs), Directors, and members of a Council’s Senior Executive Team (SET). Request 1: Executive Training on Statutory Duties (Equality Act & PSED) For each year and each council, please provide:

    a) The number of individuals in the "Target Cohort" who completed dedicated training on the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duty (s.149).

    b) Whether this training was a mandatory requirement for these senior roles.

    c) The duration and a summary of the syllabus for these sessions.

    Request 2: Neurodiversity Management Standards For each year and each council, please provide:

    a) Details of specialized training delivered to the "Target Cohort" regarding the management of employees with neurodiversity (specifically Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, and Dyslexia).

    b) The duration and syllabus of such training, specifically clarifying if these sessions were designed to meet the "detailed training" standard for senior management as defined in paragraph 18.19 of the EHRC Employment Statutory Code of Practice.

    Published: 11 June 2026

  6. FOI2026/00211: Redundancy payments to IUK senior members

    Request received: 11 March 2026

    I would like to request details of severance packages paid to senior members of Innovate UK staff during the financial year 2025/26. Specifically, I request financial details of what may be termed redundancy payments paid to those whose managerial title/position is is no longer required at the Executive leader level and above.

    Please provide anonymously if required but do break down into individual payments, for instance Exec 1, Exec 2 etc.

    Published: 9 June 2026

  7. FOI2026/00106: UKRI Audits - University of Leeds

    Request received: 11 February 2026

    I would like to respectfully request copies of the documents for all the audits conducted by the UKRI at the University of Leeds, during the period January 2020 - present, with regard to how the University of Leeds has ensured compliance wit UKRI documents and requirements, including but not limited to the UKRI training grant terms and conditions. (But also other relevant documents such as, for example, the UKRI Statement of Expectations for PhD projects.)

    If there are project-specific audits, please let me know and please provide the audits for the research project that has project reference - 2598155.

    (https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2598155)

    If there aren't any such project-specific audits, then please confirm that there aren't such documents. And, in this case, please provide any other documents for audits conducted by the UKRI with regard to how the University of Leeds is ensuring compliance with the UKRI training grant terms and conditions (for research programmes that are funded by using UKRI research grants.)

    If there are documents for both project-specific audits (for the project mentioned above) and for the University of Leeds's UKRI compliance in general, please provide both.

    If there are documents for audits that pertain specifically to how the School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering of the University of Leeds has complied with UKRI documentation, terms and conditions, during the period mentioned above please kindly provide these as well.

    Please provide the documents mentioned in this email both for audits conducted by the UKRI (by, for example, visiting or inspecting the University of Leeds) as well as documents for audits conducted by the University of Leeds (self-audit).

    If any of the documents I requested do not exist (e.g., if there have been no audits), please state this clearly for each of the documents (or, as the case may be, category of documents) mentioned above.

    If any of the documents requested do exist but cannot be disclosed to me, then please state this clearly for each of the documents requested above, stating the reason why they can't be disclosed. Please also let me know the contact information (email address, postal address, person of contact etc) of the UKRI's legal affairs team. (This is because, in such a case, I may have to use another route / procedure in order to obtain the same documents.)

    Published: 9 June 2026

  8. FOI2026/00296: Innovate UK Growth Catalyst – Investor Partnerships

    Request Received: 2 April 2026

    For the Innovate UK Growth Catalyst – Investor Partnerships competitions:

    1) For both Round 1 and Round 2 please indicate for each application how many were new vs follow-on investment.

    2) For both Round 1 and Round 2 please indicate any successful application where the Investor Partner supported more than 2 successful applications with different companies.

    3) For Round 2 please indicate any successful applications where the same company and Investor Partner were also successful together in Round 1

    4) Please advise how many companies were disqualified for not passing the investment assessment under both Round 1 and Round 2 of the competition?

    Published: 8 June 2026

  9. FOI2026/00290: PGES Membership Dues

    Request received 2 April 2026:

    Your organisation is listed as an associate member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies (PGES), as recorded in their membership list dated 31st July 2025:
    https://pges.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/PGES-Membership-as-AGM-25.pdf

    Please could you provide the following information:

    1. The date that your organisation first became an associate member of the PGES.

    2. The annual cost paid by your organisation for this membership for each of the last five financial years (or fewer if applicable).

    3. Any correspondence or documentation held (including emails and attachments) between your organisation and PGES in which the pricing of membership fees, or the benefits offered in return for membership, are explained. Please limit this part of the request to the six-month period surrounding the date your organisation first became an Associate Member (i.e. three months prior to and three months following that date).

    Published: 8 June 2026

  10. FOI2026/00265: AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards

    Request received 24 March 2026:

    I am getting in touch to make a Freedom of Information Request to get certain information about the AHRC PhD Doctoral Landscape Awards that have just been awarded for an October 2026 start date. As I understand only 15 studentships have been awarded. Below are the key points I am looking for:

    - The subjects and topic of each successful PhD

    - The university and research cluster that each studentship was awarded to

    - The specialties of the academics on each decision-making panel

    I am not requesting personal information of any kind, including names of parties involved. I just want a rundown of the subjects awarded Doctoral Landscape Awards, and the subjects of the academics on the deciding panels.

    Published: 8 June 2026