Council refreshment expenditure - Find a freedom of information request

Request

My FOI request concerns council expenditure on refreshments between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2018.

  1. Please can you tell me how much was spent on tea and biscuits at council
  2. committee meetings over the course of the year?
  3. What type of biscuits and brand of tea were supplied? 
  4. If the information is held centrally and will not exceed cost requirements, could you please provide me with the equivalent figures for departmental meetings too?
Decision
  1. A total of £16,003.37 was spent on the supply of tea and coffee to the council's committee rooms during 2018. Drinks are available for councillors, council officers, representatives from partner organisations and members of the public attending council meetings.
  2. The council doesn't provide biscuits at meetings. PG Tips is the brand of tea supplied.
  3. This information isn't held centrally. As indicated above, some departmental meetings involving officers are held in council meeting rooms where drinks machines are available.     
Reference number
FOI0510
Date request received
20 August 2019
Date of decision
01 October 2019