Diversity of January 2021 Grant Judging Panel

Francesca Sage made this Freedom of Information request to Innovate UK This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.

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Dear Innovate UK,

I hope this finds you well.

My name is Francesca Sage, and I am contacting you on behalf of the publication Distilled Post.

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information, regarding the diversity of the judging panel for the January 2021 grant. Specifically, I request the following:

1. Gender ratio of the judging panel
2. Age range of members on the judging panel
3. Ethnicity of members on the judging panel
4. Job level seniority of members on the judging panel

If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.

If you can identify any ways that my request could be refined, I would be grateful for any further advice and assistance.

Thank you very much in advance.

Yours faithfully,
Francesca Sage

Information Rights Team,

Dear Ms Sage,

Thank you for your email of 2 August. We can confirm that your email has
been received by the Information Rights team and your query will be
responded to in due course.

The reference number for your request is FOI2021/00349 .

Kind regards,

Information Governance
Information Rights Team
UK Research and Innovation
[Innovate UK request email] | [email address]

Information Rights Team,

Our ref: FOI2021/00349

Dear Ms Sage,

We are writing with regards to your request for information, which was
received 2nd August.

We have started to consider your request, however we require further
information before we are able to proceed.

In your request you ask for diversity information of "the judging panel
for the January 2021 grant". As Innovate UK run a number of different
competitions can you please specify which competition or grant it is you
are requesting this information for?

As you will appreciate the statutory timescale for our response to your
request will not commence until we are supplied with the further
information which we require. In the event that we do not hear from you by
31 August 2021 we will assume that you do not wish to proceed with your
request.

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

Yours sincerely,

Information Governance
Information Rights Team
UK Research and Innovation
[1][Innovate UK request email]

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Dear Innovate UK,

Thank you very much for your message.

Regarding your request for further clarification, my FOI request refers to this competition grant:

"Innovate UK Smart Grants January 2021" for the digital health innovation area.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Yours faithfully,

Francesca Sage

Information Rights Team,

Dear Ms Sage

Reference: FOI2021/00349

Thank you for your information access request. I can confirm your request
will be dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

We are currently reviewing your request and will provide a response no
later than 31st August, in line with the 20 working days statutory
requirement.

Please quote your above reference number in all future correspondence.

Kind regards,

Information Governance

Information Rights Team
UK Research and Innovation
[1][Innovate UK request email]

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Information Rights Team,

Dear Ms Sage

Reference: FOI2021/00349

Our response to your above information request can be accessed by
following this link:

[1]https://ukri.disclosurelog.co.uk/case/48...

Kind regards

Information Governance

Information Rights Team
UK Research and Innovation
[Innovate UK request email] | [email address]

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