SEEDA, like all other Regional Development Agencies, closed operationally on 31st March. We have now transferred all our programmes and activities and the related records to other Agencies or bodies. If you have a query, can you please check the table below to ensure that you address your request to the correct Agency, as this will make sure that your request is dealt with as quickly as possible.
A small team is remaining at SEEDA until June 2012 to finalise the Agency's formal closure, including completing our Annual Report and Accounts. We will be delighted to try to answer any questions you might have about past activities or transferred projects but our capacity is very limited and we will not have the data or knowledge to be able to address questions as fully as we would like.
Lessons and knowledge about economic development and the nature of the economy in the South East of England region were passed on to our partners. We have also made available a knowledge bank on the SEEDA website preserved on the national archive: Visit the Seeda knowledge bank.
In early 2012 SEEDA transferred our research and economic intelligence database and assets to South East England Councils (SEEC) on behalf of the region – SEEC can be contacted on 0208 541 7555 or at info@secouncils.gov.uk.
Firstly, do look at our Freedom of Information Disclosure Log on the SEEDA preserved website on the national archive:
If you have not found the information you need, you will need to make a Freedom of Information request to the public authority which holds the information.
FOI contact details for Public Bodies holding information on activities for which SEEDA was previously responsible.
Requests for general information relating to SEEDA, our activities and Regional Development Agencies (RDAs). Including:
Up until 31st May 2012: foi@seeda.co.uk
From the 1st June 2012 onward, please send to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) at: foi.requests@bis.gsi.gov.uk
Requests relating to land and property assets, and related activities, previously undertaken by Regional Development Agencies (e.g. land acquisition & development, Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPOs), land charges and restrictions, etc.).
From the 19th September 2011 please email the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) at: mail@homesandcommunities.co.uk
Request relating to the European Commission funded Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE).
From the 1st July 2011 please contact the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) via their website.
Request relating to the European Commission funded European Regional Development Fund (ERDF):
From the 1st July 2011 please contact the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) via their website.
Requests relating to Regional Venture Capital Loan Funds, including those administered on SEEDA's behalf by Finance South East.
From the 30th September 2011 please email requests to Capital for Enterprise Limited (CfEL) at: info@capitalforenterprise.gov.uk
Requests relating to the 2012 Olympics and Para-Olympic Games
From the 31st January 2012 please contact the Department for Media, Culture and Sport (DCMS) via their website.
Requests relating to grants to businesses awarded under the Grant for Research and Development (GRD) scheme and its predecessor SMART. As well as the National Aerospace Technology Strategy (NATS) Programme.
From 1st September 2011 please contact the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) by emailing them at FoI@tsb.gov.uk
Requests relating SEEDA support for the International Space Innovation Centre (ISIC) in Harwell
From the 18th July 2011 please contact the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) via their website.