FOI request (FOIR-658163873)

Christmas Lights Expenditure

Requested Tue 29 October 2024
Responded Mon 11 November 2024

The purpose of this request is to gather data on the average figure the council spends on Christmas lights and decorations.

Specifically, I am seeking information on the following:

1. The annual spend on Christmas lights per year, for the following years:

a. 2023

b. 2024 (estimated)

2. The annual spend on Christmas decorations (trees), for the following years:

a. 2023

b. 2024 (estimated)

3. Have you re-used Christmas decorations/lights from a previous year?

4. The amount spent by the council on celebrities to turn on Christmas lights:

a. 2023

b. 2024 (estimated)

5. Name of celebrity who turned on Christmas lights for the Council:

a. 2023

b. 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, such as athletes, authors, and so on.

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Response

1a. £0

1b. £0

2a. £0, Christmas trees in Hastings are sponsored.

2b. £0, Christmas trees in Hastings are sponsored.

3. Not applicable.

4a. Information not held, Christmas lights are dealt with by Priory Meadow Shopping Centre.

4b. Information not held, Christmas lights are dealt with by Priory Meadow Shopping Centre.

5a. Information not held, Christmas lights are dealt with by Priory Meadow Shopping Centre.

5b. Information not held, Christmas lights are dealt with by Priory Meadow Shopping Centre.