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Statistics on the number of biscuits, tea and coffee bought by the council in 2022

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Dear Oadby and Wigston Borough Council,

I would like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
regarding how much the council spent on tea, coffee and biscuits in 2022.

If I could please have the answer to the following questions:
1) How much did the council spend on tea last year?
2) How much did the council spend on coffee last year?
3) How much did the council spend on biscuits last year?
4) Which biscuit brand was bought the most by the council?

Yours faithfully,

Sam Moorhouse

FOI, Oadby and Wigston Borough Council

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We are a Borough Council which provides services to residents in Oadby and
Wigston. Our services include keeping the streets clean and collecting
rubbish, renting out social housing (council houses and flats), providing
leisure facilities and play areas and processing council tax, business
rates and housing benefits. We deal with local planning applications,
issue licenses for taxis and licensed premises, look after parks and open
spaces, and parking in Council-owned car parks around our
borough. Services including primary and secondary education, roads,
pavements and street lighting, libraries and adult education, social
services and care, fall outside our service area and are provided by
Leicestershire County Council.  

 

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│If I could please have the answer to the following questions: │
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│1) How much did the council spend on tea last year? │
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│£127.80 on Breakfast Tea and £31.95 on Earl Grey Tea │
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│2) How much did the council spend on coffee last year? │
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│£174.20 on Smooth Roast Coffee and £32.95 on Espresso Coffee │
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│3) How much did the council spend on biscuits last year? │
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│4) Which biscuit brand was bought the most by the council? │
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│The Council does not provide a general stock of tea, coffee, biscuits, │
│etc. for staff. The above tea and coffee purchases are for our hot drink│
│machines located in our Council Chamber and Committee meeting rooms. │
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