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Response 3580241

Response to request for information

Reference

3580241

Response date

8 November 2024

Request

  1. The annual spend on Christmas lights per year, for the following years:
  • 2023
  • 2024 (estimated)
  1. The annual spend on Christmas decorations (e.g. trees), for the following years:
  • 2023
  • 2024 (estimated)
  1. Have you re-used Christmas Decorations / Lights from a previous year (Yes/No)
  1. The amount spent by the council on celebrities to turn on Christmas Lights
  • In 2023
  • In 2024 (predicted)
  1. Name of celebrity who turned on Christmas lights for the Council
  • In 2023
  • In 2024 (predicted)

For the purpose of this FOI, a celebrity is not the local mayor or MP.  Anyone who has appeared on television, reality television, it is people in the media. Athletes, authors, etc.

Response

  1. The annual spend on Christmas lights per year, for the following years:
  • 2023 - £17,435
  • 2024 - £17,500
  1. The annual spend on Christmas decorations (e.g. trees), for the following years:
  • 2023 - £9,012
  • 2024 - £8,880
  1. Have you re-used Christmas Decorations / Lights from a previous year (Yes/No)

    Yes (leased)

  1. The amount spent by the council on celebrities to turn on Christmas Lights
  • In 2023 - not applicable
  • In 2024 - not applicable
  1. Name of celebrity who turned on Christmas lights for the Council
  • In 2023 - not applicable
  • In 2024 - not applicable

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