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I want to better understand the data being collected by local authorities on their business rates and whether these are being appealed. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2001, I would like to know the following:

1. How many assaults were reported against your council's housing staff* in the 2025 calendar year**, and in the first quarter of 2026?
• 2025 calendar year: 26
• First quarter of 2026: 12
• Total: 38

1. Who does the authority use for income management and payments into the council?
Heycentric

2. When does the contract end for this system?
31/10/2026

3. How many extensions are on this contract and how long are they for?
1 year extension option

1. How many traveller encampments have been set up in your borough in 2024, 2025 and between January 2026 – May 2026?

1. How many traveller encampments have been set up in your borough in 2024, 2025 and between January 2026 – May 2026?
24-25: 16
25-26: 9
26: 0

1. How many planning permission applications from travellers have you approved in 2024, 2025 and between January 2026 – May 2026?
17

I am writing to Wokingham Borough Council to submit a Freedom of Information request regarding your procurement of highway maintenance and road marking services. We are seeking to understand your current and future arrangements for these services, including any planned procurement activity.

I am writing to Wokingham Borough Council to submit a Freedom of Information request regarding your procurement of highway maintenance and road marking services. We are seeking to understand your current and future arrangements for these services, including any planned procurement activity.

Please can you provide me with the current position on the carnival pool flat development.

2. What was the expected 2022 cost of development and expected profit.

3. What is the 2026 expected cost of development and expected loss.

1. Any maps of sites determined as contaminated land as per the Part2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, ideally in a shapefile or Geopackage.
No sites have been determined as contaminated land and therefore no maps exist.

1. I would like to know the details of anyone who has passed away with no known next of kin from 1/1/2026 to the date of your reply. If there are any new cases where the person died prior to 1/1/2026, but that were dealt with after this date, please also include details.

We are researching into the scale of animal abuse and neglect in the UK, and the associated costs to individuals, the economy, and wider society.