Freedom of information requests
This list contains every Freedom of Information request The National Lottery Heritage Fund received between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023. We update it every six-months.
FOIA is used in place of Freedom of Information Act throughout.
April 2022
- Requester sought information on Cotswold canals projects. The request was refused under regulation 12(4)(b) of the Environmental Information Regulations, manifestly unreasonable.
- Requester sought information on St Ann’s Allotments. Information on grant conditions was provided. The site plan and business plan were withheld under section 43(2) of FOIA, commercial interest. The maintenance plan was withheld under section 22 of FOIA, intended for future publication.
- Requester sought information on the Rkites project. This information was provided with some redacted under section 40 of FOIA, personal information, and some information redacted under regulation 12(5)(g) of the Environmental Information Regulations, protection of the environment.
- Requester sought information on documentation submitted by the Mission Heritage Centre. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA. The accounts information was withheld under section 21 of FOIA, information accessible elsewhere.
- Requester sought information on the application for the Tomorrow's Museum for Dorset: Re-Imagining Dorset County Museum project. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on the restoration of the Bristol Gallery RWA Building. The Heritage Fund did not hold any relevant information, and this was a nil return.
May 2022
- Requester sought information on The Heritage Fund’s projects and programmes. Under section 16 of FOIA, advice and assistance was provided.
- Requester sought information on the restoration of the Redoubt Fortress. This information was provided. Under section 16 of FOIA, advice and assistance was also provided.
- Requester sought information on the Connexions' for People and Wildlife project. Information on the grant scheme and awards was provided. The Heritage Fund did not hold the decision information and this part of the request was a nil return.
June 2022
- Requester sought information on the application for the Copper Kingdom project. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on The Heritage Fund’s IT service. This information was provided.
- Requester sought information on projects about veterans’ heritage. Under section 16 of FOIA, advice and assistance was provided.
- Requester sought information about safeguarding. This information was provided.
- Requester sought information on the St Mary's Heritage Centre project. This information was provided.
- Requester sought information on grant awards and assessment. Part of this information was provided. Part of the request relating to assessment documents and correspondence was refused under section 12 of FOIA, cost of compliance.
- Requester sought information on the St Mary's Heritage Centre project application and contract. This information was provided.
- Requester sought information on The People’s Hall project. This information was provided.
July 2022
- Requester sought information on the SCALE - Saving Corncrakes through advocacy, land management and education project. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on the Wymering Manor Trust. This information was provided with some information in the application form, supporting documents and grant agreement redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on Townscape Heritage schemes. Part of this information was provided. The Heritage Fund did not hold information on the repayments under the Townscape Heritage programme schemes and this part of the request was a nil return. Part of the request relating to repayments made under the Townscape Heritage Initiative was refused under section 12 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on the Whitechapel Project. The grant application form and decision meeting minutes were provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA. Advice and assistance was provided in relation to the other information The Heritage Fund held.
- Requester sought information on the National Heritage Memorial Fund’s assets. This information was available in The Memorial Fund’s published annual reports.
- Requester sought information on the Catrine Environmental Heritage Project. This was a repeated request and the original response was provided.
August 2022
- Requester sought information on the Poole Park Life project. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on the Jazz Centre UK. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on applications for grant awarded in the Midlands and East region. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 and section 41, provided in confidence, of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on the Save Our Sounds project. This request was repeated and refused under section 12 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on conservation management plans. This information was provided.
- Requester sought information on the Jubilee Clock, Highbury project. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on the Women’s Library project. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on the Conservation Management Plan for Mount Edgcumbe Country Park. The Heritage Fund did not hold any relevant information, and this was a nil return.
- Requester sought information on contractual home workers. This information was provided.
- Requester sought information on St Mary's Heritage Centre grants. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
September 2022
- Requester sought information on a grant awarded to the Scottish Mining Museum Trust. The Heritage Fund did not hold any relevant information, and this was a nil return.
- Requester sought information on multi-functional devices and printing and scanning services contracts. This information was provided.
- Requester sought information on equality, diversity, and inclusion expenditure. Part of the information was provided. The Heritage Fund did not hold information on number of staff days committed to attending conferences and this part of the request was a nil return.
October 2022
- Requester sought information on grants awarded to historic cemeteries. This information was provided.
- Requester sought information on grants awarded to RSPB. This request was refused under section 12 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on St Mary's Heritage Centre grants. The Heritage Fund were unable to search physical documents for the information requested but advised these could be provided once digitised.
- Requester sought information on the Park of Keir. The Heritage Fund did not hold any relevant information, and this was a nil return.
- Requester sought information on Moor Park. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on The Hold: A Suffolk Archives Service for the 21st Century project. Part of the information was provided with some information redacted under section 40, section 41 and section 43(2) of FOIA. The Heritage Fund did not hold an evaluation report and this part of the request was a nil return.
- Requester sought information on Lydbrook Railway Bridge. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on Gainsborough’s House Gallery. This information was provided.
- Requester sought information on Allestree Park. The Heritage Fund did not hold any relevant information, and this was a nil return.
- Requester sought information on the former Moseley School of Art. This request was refused under section 12 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on the Life's a Drag Volume 2 project. The Heritage Fund did not hold any relevant information, and this was a nil return.
- Requester sought information on the City of Nottingham Local Heritage List. The Heritage Fund did not hold any relevant information, and this was a nil return.
- Requester sought information on the Moroccan Memories in Britain project. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on social media management tools. This information was provided.
- Requester sought information on grants awarded to RSPB. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 and section 43(2) of FOIA.
November 2022
- Requester sought information on a Lewes Town Hall project. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on the Garnock Connections project. Part of this information was provided. The Heritage Fund did not hold information on the place of birth of project employees and this part of the request was a nil return.
- Requester sought information on committee meeting technology. This information was provided.
- Requester sought information on the restoration of Orleans House, Twickenham. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on The Heritage Fund’s IT staff. Part of this information was provided. Information on staff below Director level was withheld under section 40 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on funding for the reconstruction of missing archive television programmes. The Heritage Fund did not hold any relevant information, and this was a nil return.
- Requester sought information on the West Yorkshire Queer Stories project. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on The Heritage Fund’s telephone system, mobile phones and video conferencing solution. This information was provided.
- Requester sought information on contact and call centre contracts. This information was provided.
- Requester sought information on Allestree Hall and Allestree park and gardens. The Heritage Fund did not hold any relevant information, and this was a nil return.
- Requester sought information on grants awarded for cricket related projects. This information was provided.
- Requester sought information on Bridging Borders: Redbrook and Penallt former railway viaduct application. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on an application for a Redcar and Cleveland Parks Foundation project. The Heritage Fund did not hold any relevant information, and this was a nil return.
- Requester sought information on grants awarded to places of worship. Part of this information was provided. The Heritage Fund did not hold data on denomination and this part of the request was a nil return.
- Requester sought information on grants awarded to cathedrals. This information was provided.
- Requester sought information on The Fleece Hotel, Gloucester. Part of this information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA. The Heritage Fund did not hold data on the Dowdeswell Group Ltd or Dowdeswell Estates and this part of the request was a nil return.
- Requester sought information on grants awarded to Nottingham City Council. This information was provided.
- Requester sought information on the terms and conditions of the Reviving an Artist’s Birthplace: A National Centre for Gainsborough project. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on tenders for the Reviving an Artist’s Birthplace: A National Centre for Gainsborough project. This information was withheld under section 43(2) of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on the National Trust’s acquisition of land around Stonehenge. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40, section 41 and section 43(2) of FOIA.
December 2022
- Requester sought information on The Heritage Fund’s independent complaints reviewer. This information was provided.
- Requester sought information on grants awarded to Dunkirk Little Ships for restoration projects. This request was refused under section 12 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on The Heritage Fund’s staff headcount and wage bill. This information was available in The Heritage Fund’s published annual reports.
- Requester sought information on an application for a Redcar and Cleveland Parks Foundation project. The Heritage Fund did not hold any relevant information, and this was a nil return.
- Requester sought information on the St. Mary’s Lands: Our Common Heritage expression of interest. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 and section 43(2) of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on awards made to Derbyshire based organisations. This information was provided.
- Requester sought information on Nottingham City Council projects. This information was provided.
- Requester sought information on The Heritage Fund’s communications staff and budget. This information was provided.
- Requester sought information on equality, diversity and inclusion training. Part of this information was provided. The Heritage Fund did not hold data on the number of staff training days or budgets for the current financial year and this part of the request was a nil return.
- Requester sought information on staff details. This information was withheld under section 40 of FOIA and general contact information was provided.
January 2023
- Requester sought details on grant awards to LGBT Youth Scotland. This information was provided.
- Requester sought information on The Story at Mount Oswald project. This information was provided.
- Requester sought information on Ditchling Museum’s project application. This information was provided.
- Requester sought information on a complaint report. This information was available elsewhere and was not provided under section 21 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on grants awarded to Dunkirk Little Ships for restoration projects. The Heritage Fund did not hold any relevant information, and this was a nil return.
- Requester sought information on communications relating to the Dynamic Dunescapes project. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
- Request sought information on malicious emails. Part of his information was provided. The Heritage Fund did not hold information on email types, emails opened or clicked on and this part of the request was a nil return.
- Requester sought information on an application made by Faith Hotels Ltd. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on an application made by Thetford Town Council. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on the Old Grammar School, Richmond. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on The Heritage Fund’s cyber security insurance. This information was provided.
- Requester sought information on an application submitted by the Knitting and Crochet Guild. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
February 2023
- Requester sought information on Jazz Centre UK projects. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on the Lady Victoria Colliery. This request was refused under section 12 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on grants awarded to Dunkirk Little Ships restoration projects. This information was provided.
- Requester sought information on The Hold: A Suffolk Archives Service for the 21st Century project. Part of this information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 and section 43(2) of FOIA. The Heritage Fund did not hold some of the progress report information at the time of the request.
- Requester sought information on the Re-Build Whithorn project. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on grants awarded to Ripon Cathedral. Details of the grant awards were provided.
- Requester sought information on any contact The Heritage Fund have had the with tobacco industry. This request was refused under section 12 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on organisations in Northamptonshire that have received advice on their project but not made a full application. This information was provided.
- Requester sought information on the Belper Mills project. Part of this information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 and section 43 of FOIA. Curriculum vitae documentation was withheld in full under section 40 of FOIA.
March 2023
- Requester sought information on The Heritage Fund’s IT and procurement documents. Part of this information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA. The Heritage Fund did not hold information on 2023/24 IT and procurement strategy documents and this part of the request was a nil return.
- Requester sought information relating to the National Trust’s acquisition of land around Stonehenge. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on the Save Rock Hall project application. This information was withheld under section 43(2) of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on the Town Hall Museum and Gallery: A Celebration of St Albans' Routes into History project. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on St Walburge's RC Church, Preston. The Heritage Fund did not hold any relevant information, and this was a nil return.
- Requester sought information on the Lady Victoria Colliery. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on the Calypso Project. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 of FOIA.
- Requester sought information on The Heritage Fund’s finance system. This information was provided.
- Requester sought information on Ripon Cathedral Renewed project applications. Part of this information was provided with some information redacted under section 40, section 41 and section 43(2) of FOIA. The Heritage Fund did not hold information on the plan graphics submitted with the 2017 application and this part of the request was a nil return.
- Requester sought information on the Beautiful Oldham - Why Not? project. This information was provided with some information redacted under section 40 and section 41 of FOIA.