UCL FREEDOM OF INFORMATION WEBSITE

Freedom of Information

• Introduction
• Obtaining Information under the Scheme
• Classes of Information
  • Classes of Information Explained
  • Who we are and what we do
  • What we spend and how we spend it
  • What our priorities are and how we are doing
  • How we make decisions
  • Our policies and procedures
  • Lists and registers
  • Services we offer
• UCL Policy
• Staff Guidelines
• Disclosure of Sensitive Information
• Personal Information
• Request information

What we spend and how we spend it

UCL Publication Scheme

This section provides financial information relating to projected and actual income and expenditure, procurement, contracts and financial audit.

Funding / income

Funding and income are contained within the Annual report and financial statements. Includes archived copies of our annual report since 2000:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/finance/finance_docs/report_accts.html

Budgetary and account information

Annual reports and financial statements. Includes archived copies of our annual report since 2000:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/finance/finance_docs/report_accts.html

Financial audit reports

The independent auditors report is available in our annual report. Includes archived copies of our annual report since 2000:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/finance/finance_docs/report_accts.html

Capital programme

Information about major building projects which are either agreed by UCL and in the design stages or are in construction is provided by the Major Projects schedule.

UCL Projects:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/estates/projects/

UCL Bloomsbury Masterplan:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/masterplan/

Capital expenditure is contained within the Annual reports and financial statements. Includes archived copies of our annual report since 2000:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/finance/finance_docs/report_accts.html

Capital Expenditure regulations:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/finance/finance_docs/finance_regs/capital_expend.html

Financial regulations and procedures

UCL Financial Regulations:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/finance/finance_docs/finance_regs/index.html

UCL Investment policy:

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/finance/finance_docs/investment_policy.htm

Staff pay and grading structures

UCL's pay and grading structure, indicates, for most posts, levels of pay rather than individual salaries:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/salary_scales/

Remuneration of higher paid staff is contained within the Annual reports and financial statements.

Register of suppliers

These are only available in hard copy from: Freedom of Information Officer, Legal Services. Please note: also available as electronic Email attachment.

Procurement and tender procedures and reports

Details of UCL Quotation, Tenders and Contract rules are contained in Financial Regulations 82 to 90. Rules for the Ordering of Goods and Services are covered in regulations 91 to 97. These regulations set out the official framework.

UCL Financial Regulations:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/finance/finance_docs/finance_regs/index.html

More detailed guidance is available on the Procurement Services website http://www.ucl.ac.uk/procurement/suppliers/regulations.

Details of procedures used for the acquisition of goods, services and equipment:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/finance/finance_docs/finance_regs/tenders_contracts.html

Contracts

Details of contracts that are of sufficient size to undergo a formal tendering process.

These are only available in hard copy from: Freedom of Information Officer.

Please note: also available as an Email attachment.

Research funding

UCL is a leading Research and Development Institution. Research is funded from various sources – industry, funding councils and charities. The research is carried out under contracts that are private between UCL and the sponsor of the research, and therefore not open to public scrutiny. Aggregate information is presented on a quarterly basis to the Research Strategy Committee and will be open to public scrutiny on the same conditions as the Committee Minutes.

Financial, Business or Research information which is not listed in the Publication Schedule will not be available if it is not in the financial, business or research interests of UCL to release it.

Research grants are contained within the Annual reports and financial statements.

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/finance/finance_docs/report_accts.html

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancy agreements:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/finance/finance_docs/finance_regs/index.html

Research Services home page:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/finance/secure/research/index.htm