Please note, these requests do not relate to campaigns, testing or vaccination centres which have been paid for directly by the UK Government. Rather, initiatives run by and paid for by the local authority or money which has been given to the local authority to support its own initiatives.

1.
a) How much money the local authority has spent on advertising and marketing campaigns relating to public health messaging around Covid-19, between February 2020 and May 2021?
b) This figure, broken down by monthly spending and as spending per person residing in the local authority?
In the period Feb 2020 to May 2021 we spent £128,508 on advertising and marketing campaigns related to public health messages relating to Covid-19 (most of this has been funded via Covid grants). This equates to 74p per resident of the borough (population 173,945)

2.
a) How much money the local authority has spent on establishing and running local Covid-19 testing and vaccination centres, including pop-up and surge events, between February 2020 and May 2021?
b) This figure, broken down by monthly spending and as spending per person residing in the local authority?
Feb-Mar: £38,9205.27
Apr: £15,1226.58
May: £20,8379.53
Total: £74,8811.38

3.
a) How much money the UK Government has shared specifically with the local authority to support advertising and marketing campaigns relating to Covid-19 or the establishment and running of Covid-19 testing and vaccination centres, between February 2020 and May 2021?
b) This figure, broken down by monthly spending and as spending per person residing in the local authority?
(Print + Comms)
Feb-Mar: £3,171.22
Apr-Jun: £1,975.97
Total: £5,147.19