Upper Tribunal for Scotland appeals: FOI release

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

FOI Reference: FOI/202400435078
Date received: 4 October 2024
Date responded: 24 October 2024


Information requested

The number of appeals to the Upper Tribunal for Scotland against decisions of the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Social Security Chamber) that Social Security Scotland has supported, and the number it has opposed.

I wish to have the figures from 22 November 2018 to date, and broken down by year, quarter, or month.


Response

We have interpreted your request to relate to appeals to the Upper Tribunal brought by individuals rather than Social Security Scotland. We neither support nor oppose appeals brought by Social Security Scotland as they are our appeal.

The table below contains details regarding the total number of appeals brought by a client to the Upper Tribunal for Scotland and the number of cases Social Security Scotland opposed decisions of the Firsttier Tribunal for Scotland (Social Security Chamber).

Financial Year (Apr – Mar)

All client appeals

Opposed

2018 - 2019

0

0

2019 - 2020

0

0

2020 - 2021

1

1

2021 - 2022

0

0

2022 - 2023

12

12

2023 - 2024

5

5

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance Social Security Scotland does not hold the information you have requested. This is because, to date, Social Security Scotland has not supported any appeals brought by individuals to the Upper Tribunal for Scotland against decisions of the First-tier Tribunal. Therefore we do not hold records on this. This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that Social Security Scotland does not have the information you have requested.


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