Last updated:
8th August 2023
See answers to previous information requests
How to search
- Select a year and/or a month from the drop down list
- Type a subject into the 'Subject keyword(s):' search (Optional)
- Click 'Search' button
Alternatively click 'View' to browse through all received requests.
This search is for our information requests from September 2020 onward. You can also visit our previous Disclosure Log to see requests received before this period.
Christmas Lights Expenditure
See notes
The purpose of this request is to gather data on the average figure the council spends on Christmas lights and decorations. 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.
1. The annual spend on Christmas lights per year, for the following years:
• 2023
• 2024 (estimated)
2. The annual spend on Christmas decorations (e.g. trees), for the following years:
• 2023
• 2024 (estimated)
3. Have you re-used Christmas Decorations / Lights from a previous year
Yes
No
4. The amount spent by the council on celebrities to turn on Christmas Lights
• In 2023
• In 2024 (predicted)
5. Name of celebrity who turned on Christmas lights for the Council
• In 2023
• In 2024 (predicted)
We do not hold this information. The Christmas lights are handled by the various Town and Parish Councils in the Borough.
There is also information online which indicates they are continuing with Christmas lights this year;
https://www.wokingham-tc.gov.uk/ourevents/
https://www.wintercarnival.co.uk/
https://www.wokinghamrocks.co.uk/things-to-do/christmas-light-switch-on-christmas-market
