I am writing to make an open government request for all the information to which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

On 19th December 2022 the Secretary of State for Levelling up, Housing and Communities released details of the provisional local government finance settlement for 2023/24. I would therefore like to request

1. The change to your Core Spending Power (CSP) for 2023/4 over 2022/3 as a result of the local government finance settlement.
This information is available on government website publicly

2. The impact of inflation on the council’s 2022/3 budget, as measured against the original 2022/3 budget.
Overall impact on Council’s finances set out in our quarterly monitoring reports, last quarter available https://wokingham.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=129&MId=4259&Ver=4

3. The estimated impact of inflation on the council’s budget for 2023/24
Set out in the Council budget papers available at https://wokingham.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=131&MId=4251&Ver=4

4. How much you had originally forecast the inflationary increase in costs to be for a) 2022-3 and b) 2023-4 in percentage and actual terms.
Available in budget papers. General %’s are not assumed as complex over many different services and contracts. Previous years budget papers available https://wokingham.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=131&MId=4056&Ver=4

5. Details of any loans (PWLB or money market) taken out by the council after 30/9/22 and the loan provider, terms and time period for these loans.
Available in appendix B of the treasury management strategy https://wokingham.moderngov.co.uk/documents/g4251/Public%20reports%20pack%2016th-Feb-2023%2019.30%20Council.pdf?T=10