2024 Disclosure - FOI

FOI disclosure 2024

Request

  1. Does the Supreme Court collect web data/statistics as to how many people are live streaming a particular case?
  2. If so, please provide the numbers of live streams for the For Women Scotland (Appellant) v Scottish Ministers (Case Id UKSC 2024/0042) for each session (morning/afternoon on 26th and 27th November)
  3. If so, please provide the average number of live streams for the other Supreme Court hearings in the last 12 months for comparison

Response:

Your request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

We confirm that the information you requested is held by the UK Supreme Court. The answers to your questions are laid out in corresponding numbered points below.

  1. The Supreme Court uses Google Analytics to measure traffic through its websites, including the number of people who live stream or watch cases on demand.
  2. 19,244 individuals watched the live stream of the hearing of For Women Scotland (Appellant) v Scottish Ministers (Respondent) via the Supreme Court website over the two days.
    1. 12, 556 watched on 26th November 2024
    2. 6,688 watched on 27th November 2024
    3. We are unable to break these viewership figures down to morning/afternoon sessions.
  3. Between 27th November 2023 and 25th November 2024, 42 UK Supreme Court cases were hear. The average number of individuals who live streamed each case during this period was 579.

Reply sent : December 2024

Request

Please would you tell me:

  1. Does your department use physical fax machines?
  2. If yes, how many fax machines does your department have?
  3. Does your department have an on-premise fax infrastructure (no physical fax machines, but a fax server hosted by your department)?
  4. How much does faxing cost your department each year?

Response:

Your request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

We confirm that the information you requested is held by the UK Supreme Court.

The UK Supreme Court has zero physical fax machines or on-premises fax infrastructure. As a result, the cost of faxing to the Court is zero.

Reply sent : November 2024

Request

Please answer the following questions regarding your print equipment set up

  1. How many Multi-functional devices / photocopiers do you have?
  2. Name of current supplier?
  3. When did the contract start?
  4. When does the contract end?
  5. Details of any extension options beyond above date?
  6. If contract ended, when do you intend to re-tender this arrangement?
  7. Route to market used – open tender of framework. If framework, which one?
  8. Number of single function printers – in addition to above MFD count?
  9. Is there a services agreement that covers above?
  10. Do you have a Print Room?
  11. If yes to Q10, name of supplier / how many devices / when does the contract end?

Response:

Your request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

We confirm the information you requested is held by the UK Supreme Court. The responses to your questions are laid out in corresponding numbered points below.

  1. The Supreme Court has 6 multi-functional devices/photocopiers.
  2. The supplier is Xerox.
  3. The contract began on 5 March 2024.
  4. The contract ends on 4 March 2029.
  5. There is no provision for extensions in the contract.
  6. N/A
  7. N/A
  8. The Supreme Court has 23 single function printers.
  9. The service agreement is also with Xerox.
  10. The Supreme Court does not have a print room.
  11. N/A

Reply sent : September 2024

Request

Please supply the following information for your department ONLY, (do not including any data on agencies or public bodies that report to you) for the period of 2023:

  1. Year of Creation/Launch/Establishment?
  2. Your Annual Budget?
  3. Other Revenue received but not from government?
  4. Fiscal Powers: Yes/No
  5. Regulatory Powers: Yes/No
  6. Do you sponsor other Public Bodies: Yes/No, if yes who?
  7. Number of permanent staff?
  8. Number of temporary staff (including part timers)?
  9. Number of contractors employed?

Response:

Your request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

We confirm the information you requested is held by the UK Supreme Court. The responses to your questions are laid out in corresponding numbered points below.

  1. The UK Supreme Court was established by the Constitutional Reform Act (2005) and opened in 2009.
  2. In the 2023-24 financial year, the UKSC had an operating budget of £15.869 million and a capital budget of £4.064 million.
  3. Non-Governmental income in the 2023-24 financial year totalled £1.179 million. Of this, £0.715 million was from UKSC fees, £0.392 million was from JCPC fees, and £0.072 million was from other sources such as tours and private events.
  4. No
  5. No
  6. No
  7. The UK Supreme Court has 47 permanent staff.
  8. The UK Supreme Court has 14 staff on fixed term contracts.
  9. We have interpreted this question to mean contractors for whom the UK Supreme Court is their regular place of work. There are 37 contractors regularly employed by the UK Supreme Court. Over the course of 2023, there were a further 39 contractors employed to work on the Court’s Change Programme for varying lengths of time.

Reply sent : June 2024

Request

During the calendar years of 2021 and 2022

  1. How many Freedom of Information requests you received
    1. What was your compliance rate (meaning, how many percent of requests did you respond to within the 20 working days or within the allowed extension time frame)?
    2. How many Internal Reviews were you requested under the FOIA?
    3. How many ICO appeals under FOIA?
  2. How many Subject Access Requests you received
    1. What was your compliance rate (meaning, how many percent of requests did you respond to within the 30 days or within the allowed extension time frame)?

Response:

Your request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

We confirm the information you requested is held by the UK Supreme Court. The responses to your questions are laid out in corresponding numbered points below.

  1. The Court received 77 Freedom of Information requests in 2021 and 99 requests in 2022.
    1. 91% of requests were responded to within 20 working days or within the allowed time frame in 2021, and 93% were compliant in 2022.
    2. There were 8 internal review requests in 2021 and 5 internal review requests in 2022.
    3. According to our records, there were 2 appeals to the ICO in 2021 and 4 appeals in 2022.
  2. The Court received 6 Subject Access Requests in the 2021 calendar year and 6 requests in the 2022 calendar year.
    1. In 2021, the compliance rate was 83% (5 out of 6). In 2022, the compliance rate was 100% (6 out of 6).

Reply sent : June 2024

Request

  1. Do you use a social media management platform?
  2. If so, what tools do you use?
  3. How much do you spend annually on a Social media management tool?
  4. Which month & year does your contract with your supplier end?
  5. Do you use a social listening / media monitoring platform?
  6. If so, what tools do you use?
  7. How much do you spend annually on a social listening / media monitoring tool?
  8. Which month & year does your contract with your supplier end?
  9. Who is the senior officer in charge of these contracts?

Response:

Your request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

We confirm that the information you requested is held by the UK Supreme Court. The answers to your queries are laid out in corresponding numbered points below.

  1. The UK Supreme Court does not use a social media management platform.
  2. N/A
  3. N/A
  4. N/A
  5. The UK Supreme Court does not use a social media monitoring or listening tool.
  6. N/A
  7. N/A
  8. N/A
  9. N/A

Reply sent : June 2024


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