I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information about the steps Wokingham Council is taking to comply with the National Institute of Clinical Excellence's (NICE) Guideline NG6 on Excess winter deaths and illness and the health risks associated with cold homes.

I am making this request under the powers of the Freedom of Information Act 2002.

Under the Freedom of Information Act, can you please provide me with the following information:

1. What software, if any, the council uses to process information requests (incl. EIR, FOI requests, DSARs, and Member Enquiries), and how much does this software cost the council annually?

I would like to request the following regarding your VOID properties:

1. For each of the financial years 20/21, 21/22 and 22/23 (to date), what was the turnaround times for your VOID’s?
• 2020/21: 64
• 2021/22: 47
• 22/23 (to Sept): 50

1. How many times in the past 12 calendar months has a Parent or Gillick Competent child been denied an Advocate to attend a child protection case conference? Lac review children in need conference or a core group meeting?

I write to request information regarding the Authority’s staff absence scheme for schools. Please kindly provide the following:

1. Does the Authority provide a staff absence scheme for schools?
Yes (at the moment)

Under the Freedom of Information Act, please can you provide me with the following figures broken down for each of the last full years (including 2021 and to current date 16/10/2022)

I know that this winter, energy prices are set to be higher than in previous years, even despite government support.