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ALB, Arm’s Length Bodies, Public Bodies, Quangos, Public Servants, Civil Servants

UK Supreme Court (UKSC)

UK Supreme Court is a Non-Ministerial Department sponsored by UK Supreme Court. The role of the Court is to act as the final court of appeal for arguable points of law of general public importance arising from civil cases throughout the UK and from criminal cases in England and Wales, Northern Ireland and, in a limited number of cases from Scotland. The Court also hears cases to determine issues relating to the legal competence of the devolved administrations, Parliaments and Assemblies and jurisdictions transferred from the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC). The JCPC is a separate court from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (UKSC) and is the final court of appeal for the UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, Commonwealth countries that have retained the appeal to His Majesty in Council, or in the case of the republics, to the Judicial Committee.

Regional Remit

UKSC operates in the UK and overseas. Their headquarters are located in London.


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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0 Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025

2023/24 Chair's Name

N/A The Court does not have a Chair. The CEO as Accounting Officer is directly accounatble to the President of the Supreme Court

Established

2009

Ombudsman

Parliamentary & Health Service Ombudsman

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Finances

This figure provides an overview of UK Supreme Court’s income and expenditure during the 2023/24 financial year.

Some ALBs, such as those with Trading Fund status, do not classify their spending data by RDEL, CDEL, and AME and will report £0 for these values.
For more information regarding RDEL, CDEL and AME, please see our analysis of ALB Spending.

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Staffing

The figure below shows the types of staff employed by UK Supreme Court on 31 March 2024.


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