Freedom of information requests

Freedom of information requests

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This list contains every Freedom of Information request The National Lottery Heritage Fund received between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024. 

FOIA is used in place of Freedom of Information Act throughout.

April 2023

  • Requester sought information on grants awarded to regimental museums. This information was provided.
  • Requester sought information on Sherborne House project applications. Part of this information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA. The Heritage Fund did not hold information on the 1996, 1997 or 2003 applications and this part of the request was a nil return.
  • Requester sought information on grants awarded for Eat for England. The Heritage Fund did not hold any relevant information, and this was a nil return.
  • Requester sought information on Lady Victoria Colliery. This information was provided.
  • Requester sought information on procurement scoring. This information was provided.
  • Requester sought information on the Ashton Court Estate restoration project. Information on the Final Payment and Completion Report was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on Natur Cleddau Community Garden correspondence. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on the Bogside – The Crucible of the Peace Process project. This request was refused under section 12 of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on Wyndham Park, Grantham. This information was provided.
  • Requester sought information on cloud infrastructure. This information was provided.
  • Requester sought information on temporary labour usage. This information was provided.

May 2023

  • Requester sought information on the Transforming Tate Britain: Building, Archives, Access project. Information on applications, progress reports and final completion reports was provided with some information redacted under section 40 and section 43(2) of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on grants awarded to Averham school. The Heritage Fund did not hold any relevant information, and this was a nil return.
  • Requester sought information on Lady Victoria Colliery. This information was provided.
  • Requester sought information on wellbeing and pavilion projects. This information was provided. 
  • Requester sought information on the Foresters’ Forest project. Information on the application form, correspondence and evaluation report was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on payments made to The Bogside – The Crucible of the Peace Process project. This information was provided. 
  • Requester sought information on The Bogside – The Crucible of the Peace Process project correspondence from 2017 to 2022. These requests were refused under section 12 of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on The Bogside – The Crucible of the Peace Process project communication. This information was provided.
  • Requester sought information on funding in Westmorland and Furness local authority. This information was provided.

June 2023

  • Requester sought information on application documents. Information on application questions and guidance for applications was provided. 
  • Requester sought information on the acquisition of Portrait of Omai. The funding agreement was provided with some information redacted under section 40 and section 41 of FOIA. Information on the loan programme schedule was withheld under section 22 of FOIA. Information on valuation reports was not held and this part of the request was a nil return. 
  • Requester sought information on the Music Heritage Trail project. The application form was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on the Untold Stories Edmonton project. The application form was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on Lavant Church applications. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on the Rediscovering the Antonine Wall project. The completion and evaluation reports were provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.

July 2023

  • Requester sought information on Lon Las Ogwen projects. This information was provided.
  • Requester sought information on The Heritage Fund’s IT contracts. This information was provided. 
  • Requester sought information on grants awarded to East Riding of Yorkshire Council's Museum Service. This information was provided. 
  • Requester sought information on the Abney Park Restoration project funding decision. This information was provided.
  • Requester sought information on emails between The Heritage Fund and a Freedom of Information requester. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on Customer Relationship Management software. This information was provided. 
  • Requester sought information on The Heritage Fund’s late invoices. This request was refused under section 12 of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on The Memorial Fund’s late invoices. This request was refused under section 12 of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on The Heritage Fund’s IT devices and procurement. This information was provided.
  • Requester sought information on the feasibility study for the Resilient Heritage funded project at Ushaw College. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on multi-functional device contracts. This information was provided.
  • Requester sought information on grant awards data. This information was provided.

August 2023

  • Requester sought information on the Ubele Initiative’s 81 Acts of Exuberant Defiance project. The grant notification letter, case paper and decision meeting information were provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA. 
  • Requester sought information on funding awarded to Shire Hall, Haverfordwest. The Heritage Fund did not hold any relevant information, and this was a nil return.
  • Requester sought information on grants awarded to RSPB. Part of this information was provided. The Heritage Fund did not hold any relevant information on joint funding to United Utilities, and this part of the request was a nil return.
  • Requester sought information on applications made by the Gurdwara Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on the Kelvin Launch Restoration project. The application form was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on the retendering of the Register of Support Services Framework Agreement. Part of this information was provided. The Heritage Fund did not hold any relevant information on previous employees invited to tender, and this part of the request was a nil return.
  • Requester sought information on a number of projects. Project documents were provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA. Part of the accounts information was accessible elsewhere and exempt under section 21.
  • Requester sought information on Heritage Fund employees working from abroad. Part of this information was provided. Information on pay bands, countries worked from and dates was withheld under section 40 of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on transactions over £25,000. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA. 
  • Requester sought information on grants awarded since January 2020. Part of this information was provided. Under section 16 of FOIA, advice and assistance was also provided.

September 2023

  • Requester sought information on the restoration of Staveley Hall and Stables. Project documents were provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on data protection compliance. This information was provided.
  • Requester sought information on the Abney Park project funding decision. This information was provided.
  • Requester sought information on The Heritage Fund’s energy usage. This information was provided.

October 2023

  • Requester sought information on correspondence about the Blake Cottage Trust. The Heritage Fund did not hold any relevant information, and this was a nil return.
  • Requester sought information on The Heritage Fund’s finance systems. This information was provided.
  • Requester sought information on The Heritage Fund's annual reports. This information was provided. 
  • Requester sought information on late invoices. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA. 
  • Requester sought information on transparency reports. This information was provided.
  • Requester sought information on Project Torgoch. This information was provided.
  • Requester sought information on the Eden River Trust project. The application form and award letter were provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.

November 2023

  • Requester sought information on correspondence about Decimus Burton Museum. Part of this information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA. The Heritage Fund did not hold information on correspondence with Tunbridge Wells Borough Council and this part of the request was a nil return.
  • Requester sought information on the Swiss Garden, Shuttleworth Estate project. The application form and award letters were provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on the DigVentures Leiston Abbey project. The evaluation report was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on the National Civil War Centre project funding decision. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on the Champion Sound documentary. The Heritage Fund did not hold any relevant information, and this was a nil return.
  • Requester sought information on several project applications and decisions. Part of this information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA. Staff salary and CV information was withheld in full under section 40. Part of the accounts information was accessible elsewhere and exempt under section 21.
  • Requester sought information on correspondence between The Heritage Fund and Tunbridge Wells Borough Council about Decimus Burton Museum. The Heritage Fund did not hold any relevant information, and this was a nil return.
  • Requester sought information on the Great Places funding methodology. This information was provided. 
  • Requester sought information on an application made by Cornwall Heritage Trust. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on grants awarded to projects in Hyndburn. This information was provided.

December 2023

  • Requester sought information on the blood, sweat and tears of the first generation of Brummie Mirpuri's project. This information was provided.
  • Requester sought information on FOI and subject access request statistics. This information was provided.
  • Requester sought information on translation, interpretation and language services expenditure. This information was provided.

January 2024

  • Requester sought information on the RoSS Framework Agreement tender exercise. Part of this information was provided with information on selection committee members withheld under section 40 of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on the Spirit of the Leas project. The application form and decision information were provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA. The Heritage Fund did not hold supporting application information and this part of the request was a nil return.
  • Requester sought information on public access rights for Moggerhanger Park. Information from the project contracts was provided. 
  • Requester sought information on Rothbury Golf Club. The Heritage Fund did not hold any relevant information, and this was a nil return.

February 2024

  • Requester sought information on funding provided to Stonewall. This information was provided.
  • Requester sought information on The Friends of Highgate Cemetery. Expressions of interest, applications and correspondence was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.  
  • Requester sought information on the Devonshire Dome, Buxton. Information on the project contract and funding was provided.
  • Requester sought information on Glasgow Women’s Library. Information on funding and monitoring was provided.  
  • Requester sought information on sea water baths, lidos and pools project. Application information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 and section 43(2) of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on the Small Mansion and stables at Gunnersbury Park. The expression of interest and feedback was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA. 
  • Requester sought information on the Land of the Fanns project. A project map was provided. The Heritage Fund did not hold information on building permissions and this part of the request was a nil return.
  • Requester sought information on the RoSS Framework Agreement tender exercise. This information was provided.
  • Requester sought further information on the RoSS Framework Agreement tender exercise. This information was provided.
  • Requester sought information on projects marking the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade. Information on grant awards was provided. The Heritage Fund did not hold information on the original report data.
  • Requester sought information on The Place That Made the Weather: Joseph Chamberlain's Highbury project. The application forms, development round completion report and evaluation were provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA. 
  • Requester sought information on the From The Slave Ship To The Spaceship project. The application form and case paper were provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on the Our Birmingham Stories project. The application form, case paper and decision letter were provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on the Everything to Everybody project. The application forms, development round completion report and evaluation were provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA. 
  • Requester sought information on the From City Of Empire To City Of Diversity: A Visual Journey project. The application form and completion report were provided with some information redacted under section 40 and section 43(2) of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on Caroline Gardens Chapel. This request was refused under section 12 of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on unconscious bias training. This information was provided. 
  • Requester sought information on The Road To Freedom: Ending Slavery in Britain project. The application form was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.

March 2024

  • Requester sought information on the National Lottery Heritage Fund’s contact information. This information was provided. 
  • Requester sought information on the University of Birmingham for redevelopment of Lapworth Museum of Geology project. The application forms, completion reports and evaluation were provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on the Three Continents, One History: Birmingham: The Transatlantic slave trade and the Caribbean project. The application form and completion report were provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on the Connecting Histories project. The application form and completion report were provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on the Children's Lives project. The application form, completion report and evaluation were provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on the repair and restoration of St. Mary's Church, Conwy project. The application forms were provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on the Seeking the Pioneers: The Race History Detectives project. The application form was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on Creative Scotland. The Heritage Fund did not hold any relevant information, and this was a nil return.
  • Requester sought information on The Heritage Fund’s staff networks. This information was provided. 
  • Requester sought information on funding received from the government by the National Heritage Memorial Fund. This information was provided. 
  • Requester sought information on funding received from the government by the Heritage Fund. The Heritage Fund did not hold any relevant information, and this was a nil return.
  • Requester sought information on the opening of the International Slavery Museum. The application form and completion report were provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
  • Requester sought information on any grant awards to Fakenham Town Band. The Heritage Fund did not hold any relevant information, and this was a nil return.
  • Requester sought information on the Moggerhanger House Preservation Trust. The application forms were provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA. Monitoring information was also provided. 

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