Freedom of information response

Coronation budget and spend

Publication date: 
Friday 9 June 2023
Request: 

(1) Please state how much the council has allocated to spend, or expects to spend, on events and materials to mark the coronation of King Charles III. Please provide a detailed breakdown of the budget if possible.

(2) Please state how much of this budget has already been spent at the time of this request.

(3) Please state whether the council has received any communications that relate to the coronation from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

(4) Please provide copies of communications that relate to the coronation that have been received by the council from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

Response: 

(1) Please state how much the council has allocated to spend, or expects to spend, on events and materials to mark the coronation of King Charles III. Please provide a detailed breakdown of the budget if possible. The council has not allocated any budget to spend.

(2) Please state how much of this budget has already been spent at the time of this request. No budget allocated

(3) Please state whether the council has received any communications that relate to the coronation from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The Council received an email regarding information on Portrait of His Majesty The King for UK public authorities from gov.uk

(4) Please provide copies of communications that relate to the coronation that have been received by the council from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

Please see appendix A attached

You are free to use any information supplied to you for your own use, including non-commercial research purposes. However, any other type of re-use, for example, by publishing the information or issuing copies to the public will require the permission of the copyright owner.

Where the copyright is owned by Thurrock Council, you must apply to the Council to re-use the information. Please email information.matters@thurrock.gov.uk if you wish to re-use the information you have been supplied. For information where the copyright is owned by another person or organisation, you must apply to the copyright owner to obtain their permission.

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which the council have managed your FOI request you can pursue an Internal Review by contacting us using the above email address. An internal review must be submitted within 40 working days of your original reply. Your request will be considered by a senior member of the Information Management Team who will update you with the outcome of the review.

If you remain unhappy following the outcome of your Internal Review you may wish to refer your case to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and details of this organisation can be found at www.ico.org.uk . Please be advised that the ICO will not consider your case until they have confirmation that you have already been through the Internal Review stage with the council.

Request reference:
FOI 12796