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1. Please send me:

a) Evidence to show where all of the Wokingham Borough Council Tax money has gone for the past 5 years.
b) The previous 5 years worth of evidence to show what all of the Wokingham Borough Council Tax money has been spent on and used to fund.

20/21 Financial Year - Item 7 - https://wokingham.moderngov.co.uk/documents/g3987/Public%20reports%20pack%2024th-Jun-2021%2019.00%20Executive.pdf?T=10
19/20 Financial Year – Item 119 - https://wokingham.moderngov.co.uk/documents/g3400/Public%20reports%20pack%2028th-May-2020%2019.00%20Executive.pdf?T=10
18/19 Financial Year – Item 6 - https://wokingham.moderngov.co.uk/documents/g2934/Public%20reports%20pack%2030th-May-2019%2019.30%20Executive.pdf?T=10
17/18 Financial Year – Item 7 - https://wokingham.moderngov.co.uk/documents/g2400/Public%20reports%20pack%2031st-May-2018%2019.30%20Executive.pdf?T=10

The following link sets out lots of information about where the Council spend money including the statement of accounts.

https://www.wokingham.gov.uk/council-and-meetings/open-data/datasets-and-open-data/
The Medium Term Financial Plan: https://www.wokingham.gov.uk/council-and-meetings/open-data/plans-policies-and-strategies/?categoryesctl91f252ff-550d-4cfa-a838-92ef2cb5f83c=7742

In terms of the second point, the Council do not record where each line of Council Tax Income is spent. The Council are required to set a balanced budget which means total expenditure is fully funded and matched with total income.

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