Christmas lights
Case reference FOI2023/01862
Published 29 November 2023
Request
Please provide me with the total costs of Christmas lights in the 2022/23 financial year.
Please tell me whether the council is intending to turn on Christmas lights in the 2023/24 financial year.
If the answer to (2) is no, please explain give the reason for not turning on Christmas lights this year.
If the answer to (2) is yes, please provide a projection of the costs.
If it is not possible to provide some of the data requested, I would be grateful if you could provide whichever elements of this FOI request are eligible for release.
Response
A: Herefordshire Council owns and runs the Maylords shopping Centre, Hereford. The total costs of Christmas lights in Maylords in the 2022/23 financial year was £16388. It is intended that these will be switched on for 2023/24.
The lights / trees / decorations in Hereford City are either the responsibility of the City Council or are privately owned. To obtain details of those organised by the City Council you will need to contact them direct via: clerk@herefordcitycouncil.gov.uk
The rest of the lights / trees / decorations in the market towns in Herefordshire are the responsibility of the relevant town councils, and to obtain this information you would need to contact them direct as follows:
Bromyard - clerk@bromyardandwinslow-tc.gov.uk
Kington - clerk@kingtontowncouncil.gov.uk
Ledbury - clerk@ledburytowncouncil.gov.uk
Leominster - townclerk@leominstertowncouncil.gov.uk
Ross on Wye - admin@rosstc-herefordshire.gov.uk
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