Re: Your request for information concerning:

City Hall Christmas Tree

The Council aims to provide available information promptly and in any event within 20 working days, unless, exceptionally, there is a need to consider whether the information is exempt from disclosure.

I will contact you again soon in connection with your request.

Please quote the reference below if you contact the Council regarding this request.

Customer Request Number: FOI_5666.

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Dear Mr Jones,

I refer to your recent request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. I can confirm that the Council does hold this
information, as detailed below.

Please provide all costs associated with the provisioning, purchasing,
lighting, decorations, installation and future storage for the large
Christmas tree within city hall, Sunderland.

I can confirm that the cost to hire and install the fully decorated large
tree was £4,995. The cost is added to the building service charge which is
apportioned between all of City Hall's tenants based on the amount of
floor space occupied and the Council are responsible for 78.77% of the
costs which equates to £3,934.56 for this tree.

This information has been provided in response to a Freedom of Information
request and this must be acknowledged in any subsequent use of the
information. In addition, the authority must be notified of any proposed
re-use of this information for commercial or other purposes.

I hope this is satisfactory. If, however, you are dissatisfied with our
response to your request for information, you can ask for the decision to
be reviewed in reply to this letter, however any request for review must
be submitted within 40 days of the date of this freedom of information
response. The review will be removed from the Directorate and coordinated
by the Council’s team of Solicitors. A request for review should be
directed, by email to [1][Sunderland City Council request email] by post or
by hand addressed to Business Support, Sunderland City Council, City Hall,
Plater Way SR1 3DP.

If this fails to resolve your concerns, then you have the right to apply
to the Information Commissioner for a decision.

Kind Regards

Angela

Angela Snowdon

Programmes and Compliance Officer

City Development Directorate

Sunderland City Council

Email: [2][email address]

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