1. Could you tell me the amount the authority has spent on producing bids for funding through the schemes (The Community Renewal fund, Future High Streets, the Levelling Up Fund, and Towns Deals), since 2019? Please also provide a breakdown of this figure, for each scheme.
To date the local authority has either been a very low priority nationally for funding from these sources or simply not eligible. Wokingham Borough Council has therefore not spent anything on producing bids to these funding streams.

2. Can you also confirm whether the council hired external contractors to produce all or part of the bid in each instance?
Not applicable.