UKRI Ideas to address COVID-19: Innovate UK Article 25 Dec 2020

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Dear Innovate UK,

The original submission date for this competition in round 4 was 21st October 2020, the submission date was then moved to the end of November Innovate UK have stated they were waiting for a request for an increased budget to meet the large number of projects identified as successful in this competition.

Can you please show what the original buget was, what the increased amount was, indicate how much of your requested increase was sucessful to meet the demand you identified & how much of the total old or new increased budget has been allocated to winners of the competition.

Yours faithfully,

John Clarke

Information Rights Team,

Dear John Clarke,

Thank you for your email of 26 February. 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 FOI2021/00122 .

Whilst we are making every effort to respond to all requests within the
usual timescales, we are currently experiencing reduced resource capacity
due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. We appreciate your patience during
these uncertain times and aim to provide a response to your query as soon
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Kind regards,

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

Information Rights Team,

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Dear John Clarke

Reference: FOI2021/00122

Please find attached our response to your above information request.

Kind regards

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