1. Can you please confirm whether your organization has a corporate or departmental debt collection policy? If yes please specify which and provide copies of the policy or a link to the source where it can be accessed.

1. The total number of children that the Council funded transport from home to school in the financial year 2022/23 and the total cost for all such children.

1. How many applications for EHCP's were submitted for 2022? (This is to include applications made on behalf of the child or young person by nursery's, primary schools, secondary schools and parents/legal guardians)
422.

Please could you confirm in writing:

1. The oath of office of every employee paid by the people to serve the people.
2. The name of your Public Liability Insurer and associated Bond numbers.

1. In your local authority, how many looked after children were permanently excluded in each of the following academic years:
a) 2020/21: Nil for all year groups
b) 2021/22: Nil for all year groups
c) 2022/23: Nil for all year groups

1. Please provide a list of the adult social care services you provide – eg residential care homes, home care etc
Wokingham Borough Council does not directly provide these services. They are commissioned externally.

On 27 July 2023, Mr Justice Chamberlain handed down his judgement in the case of R (ECPAT UK) v (1) Kent County Council; (2) Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWHC 1953 (Admin) which, amongst other matters, made findings about the transfer of unaccompanied asylum-seeking (“UAS”) c

1. Could you please share your most up-to-date list of utilities (Statutory Undertakers) operating in your area?
• Centurylink Ltd (now Lumen Tech UK Ltd)
• CityFibre
• Instalcom Ltd now OCU Services
• Colt Telecom
• Cornerstone (CTIL) Telefonica O2

Under the Freedom of Information Act, please provide me with answers to the following:

1. Since 1st January 2018, how many times have you confiscated animals under the Dangerous Wild Animal Act? Which species of animal have been confiscated in these instances?
None

1. Please can you tell me how often the parking machines in the council run car parks are not operational such that they cannot accept new card payments for parking or check cars out that have already checked in. Please provide data from January 2023 to August 2023.