Fireworks display costs
Dear Westminster City Council,
Please can you quantify the total amount of GBP spent on the New Year's Eve Firework display that commenced at 00:00:01 on Monday 1 January 2024.
Please include the costs for fireworks, electricity, any practices that took place, setting up, labour, road closures, security, policing (where the council stood these costs or contributed), staffing costs associated with the display, and all and any other associated costs, to be itemised, please.
Please also supply the same cost breakdowns for years:
2016/17
2017/18
2018/19
2019/20
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
For clarity, the years above apply to the displays that were planned in the first listed year but which commenced seconds into to the second listed year.
If any further clarification is required please do contact me.
If this is not for Westminster, please do feel.free to forward to the relevant Borough.
Yours faithfully,
R Scotte Tao
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Dear Mr Scotte Tao,
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Thank you for your request for information that was received on 2 January
2024.
Request summary
Please can you quantify the total amount of GBP spent on the New Year's
Eve Firework display that commenced at 00:00:01 on Monday 1 January 2024.
Please include the costs for fireworks, electricity, any practices that
took place, setting up, labour, road closures, security, policing (where
the council stood these costs or contributed), staffing costs associated
with the display, and all and any other associated costs, to be itemised,
please.
Please also supply the same cost breakdowns for years:
2016/17
2017/18
2018/19
2019/20
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
For clarity, the years above apply to the displays that were planned in
the first listed year but which commenced seconds into to the second
listed year.
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and we aim to send a response by 30 January 2024.
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Westminster City Council
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Dear Mr Scotte Tao
Thank you for your request for information received on 2 January 2024.
Please find attached our response to your request.
If you are dissatisfied with your response please send your Internal
Review request to the email address below
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Yours sincerely
Lisa Hodsoll
City Promotions Events and Filming Support Officer
Westminster City Council
City Promotions Events and Filming
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