Request for information about energy usage at the UK Supreme Court, received 2 December 2022
Request received on 2 December 2022:
1. What are your department's total greenhouse gas emissions in CO2e? Please exclude emissions from any of your executive agencies or NDPBs from your figures – we just want emissions from your non-ministerial government department.
2. By what percentage have your total greenhouse gas emissions in CO2e reduced/increased since 2021? Please exclude emissions from any of your executive agencies or NDPBs from your figures – we just want emissions from your non-ministerial government department.
3. By what percentage have your total greenhouse gas emissions in CO2e reduced/increased since 2019? Please exclude emissions from any of your executive agencies or NDPBs from your figures – we just want emissions from your non-ministerial government department.
4. What % of energy used by your central department buildings is generated from renewable sources (This does not include energy purchased under 'green' tariffs.)? Please exclude energy use from any of your executive agencies or NDPBs from your figures – we just want figures from your non-ministerial government department.
5. How many of your buildings have an efficiency rating of C or above (that is the one accepted as OK). Please exclude efficiency ratings from any of your executive agency or NDPB buildings from your figures – we just want figures from your non-ministerial government department buildings.
6. How many of your buildings have an efficiency rating of D or below? Please exclude efficiency ratings from any of your executive agency or NDPB buildings from your figures – we just want figures from your non-ministerial government department buildings.
Response sent on 29 December 2022:
Your request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
I can confirm that the UKSC holds some of the information requested and I have outlined the answers to your questions below.
1. What are your department's total greenhouse gas emissions in CO2e? Please exclude emissions from any of your executive agencies or NDPBs from your figures – we just want emissions from your non-ministerial government department.
You do not specify a time period in your request. However, the UKSC's total greenhouse emissions for the last financial year from April 2021 to March 2022 was 211,475.21 CO2e.
2. By what percentage have your total greenhouse gas emissions in CO2e reduced/increased since 2021? Please exclude emissions from any of your executive agencies or NDPBs from your figures – we just want emissions from your non-ministerial government department.
There has been an increase in CO2e of 8.7% since 2021.
3. By what percentage have your total greenhouse gas emissions in CO2e reduced/increased since 2019? Please exclude emissions from any of your executive agencies or NDPBs from your figures – we just want emissions from your non-ministerial government department.
There has been a reduction of CO2e since 2019 of 20.5%.
4. What % of energy used by your central department buildings is generated from renewable sources? (This does not include energy purchased under 'greenv tariffs.)? Please exclude energy use from any of your executive agencies or NDPBs from your figures – we just want figures from your non-ministerial government department.
The UKSC does not hold this information and so we are unable to answer this aspect of your request.
5. How many of your buildings have an efficiency rating of C or above (that is the one accepted as OK). Please exclude efficiency ratings from any of your executive agency or NDPB buildings from your figures – we just want figures from your non-ministerial government department buildings.
We only have one building and it has an energy rating of C.
6. How many of your buildings have an efficiency rating of D or below? Please exclude efficiency ratings from any of your executive agency or NDPB buildings from your figures – we just want figures from your non-ministerial government department buildings.
Zero.