Events and Visitor Services
Economic Development
Plymouth City Council
Civic Centre
Plymouth PL1 2AA
T 01752 307953
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Please ask for: Jamie Yabsley
Date 07/03/14
Dear Mr Golding
FOI number 856941
Thank you for your request for information dated 4 March 2014 and received on 5 March 2014 requesting a detailed and written explanation for the payment to 4 private companies.
This request is being handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
This letter is a full response to that application.
Your request was to be supplied with a detailed and written explanation for the payment of the following amounts to 4 private companies:
£4,250 - Star Fireworks
£2,000 - Pendragon Fireworks
£750 - Selstar Fireworks
£750 - Phoenix Fireworks
Clearly a council must have written reason for issuing payments. It is this that I request.
The Council does hold the information that you have requested and the information is given below.
The above fees were for 1st, 2nd, 3rd competition places and best innovative display. Plymouth City Council has a contract in place to deliver the event in partnership with The Events Services Association (TESA).The reasons for the above amounts were based on the original contract fees (set in 2012)with annual increases based on the Bank of England Inflation Calculator. The points below have been taken from the Council’s contract with TESA:
The event draws between 80,000 to100,000 people to the city and surrounding areas and it is estimated that £4 million is spent within the local economy during this period
Please note that the information supplied can mostly be re-used in accordance with the Open Government Licence. The council should be acknowledged as the source of the information, but copyright is maintained for all photographs and third party contributions to the information supplied. For further details see
I hope that we have supplied the information that youexpected to receive. If you wish to discuss this letter or the information that is supplied then please contact me.
If you are unhappy with the way your request for information has been handled, you can request a review by writing to me stating the reason for your dissatisfaction.
If you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your request or complaint, you have a right to appeal to the Information Commissioner at: Information Commissioner's Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Telephone: 0303 123 1113. Website:
There is no charge for making an appeal.
Yours sincerely
Jamie Yabsley
Visitor and Events Manager