Thank You for Your FOI Request, Received on the 11 November. Your Request Has Been Considered Under the Above Legislation

 Place Directorate

UNCLASSIFIED Martin Yardley Executive Director Business Support Floor 12, Civic Centre 4 Much Park Street Coventry CV1 2PY

www.coventry.gov.uk

Our reference FOI 20123430 Please contact Bernie Robinson Direct line 024 7683 1201 1 December 2014 [email protected]

Dear

Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA)

Thank you for your FOI request, received on the 11 November. Your request has been considered under the above legislation.

You have requested the following information:

Details of celebrity/personal appearances at council run talks, events, conferences, dinners, etc. over the past five financial years (2010/11 to 2014/15) to date, inclusive. This covers both internal private events (for example motivational talks for staff) and public events (eg opening of a new swimming pool, Christmas light switch-on, etc.).

For each event, please provide information about:

• The date and name/type of event that the special guest was invited to • The name of the invited guest. Celebrity, in this context, is any speaker who was specifically invited to attend from motivational speakers through to soap stars, war veterans and other notable people. • The amount that was paid (including any expenses), and whether it was requested to be paid to charity.

Please find attached sheets showing the information requested from financial years 2012/2014. We are unable to send you data prior to the financial year 2012/2013 as these events were not run by the Council; we are informing you of this as required by Section 1(1) (a) of the FOIA.

To advise and assist you regarding the types of information the Council does hold and regularly discloses, you may wish to view the latest Freedom of Information responses

1 December 2014

issued by the Council on our disclosure log or look at the Council's Publication Scheme and it's published reusable Open Data.

For a wider range of information about the Coventry area and to see what other organizations are doing, have a look at Facts about Coventry

You are free to use this information for your own purposes. However, if you wish to use the information for other purposes, you will need to contact us.

Should you be unhappy with the outcome or handling of your request, please write to the address below within 40 working days of the date of this letter.

Information Governance Team Council House, Room 21a Lower Ground Floor Earl Street, Coventry. CV1 5RR [email protected]

If having done this you are still dissatisfied, you have the right to contact the Information Commissioner at:

Information Commissioner’s Office Wycliffe House Water Lane Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF

Yours sincerely

Bernie Robinson

Business Support Officer

Enclosure: Response 20123430 Data

2 Christmas 2011 Zingzillas Zak & Panzee walkabouts £1,570 Zingzillas upgrade £2,380 Mr Bump & Little Miss Sunshine £1,570 David Harrop £500

Lifestyle Event – 12/13 October 2012

Nicki Hambleton- Jones £1,250 Dean Edwards (Celebrity chef) £1,000+£95.40 expenses Abba Tribute £700

Cycling event October 2012 Lizzie Armistead £4000

Christmas Stage 2013 David Harrop £1,000 The Boxettes £1,500 light switch on

Christmas lights November 2012 Roy Wood and his band £7,000 Titan The Robot £2,050 Sid And Scrat £1,650

Godiva Festival 2011 Heaven 17 £12,000 Blancmange £5,500 Mirrors £600 MidiMidis £400 Athlete £10,000 Sunshine Underground £5,000 Jon Fratelli £4,000 Young Knives £3,000 The Last Republic £400 The Tones £350 Just Morale £100 The Shackletons £500 Sandi Thom £2,500 The Magnets £1,750 Anthony Harty £1,000 The Ripps £500 Alex Vargas £300 Lethal Bizzle £2,500 Akala £1,000 Ghost Poet £500 King Charles £ 350 The Selecter £2,000 Moberob £50 Musical Youth £1,200

Godiva Festival July 2012 Kites £ 100 Space £ 4,000 Coves £ 200 Echo & The Bunnymen £15,000 Cast £12,000 The View £7,500 The Pigeon Detectives £7,500 Sharks £5,800 Two Wounded Birds £500 S.C.U.M £1,500 Rachel Sernami £500 Aman Hayer £4,000 Off License £1,200 Maroon Town £2,000 Soweto Ensha £1,200 Lock Essien £3,500 Monsta £1,000 Communicators £600 Neville Staples £2000 Boy Better Know (P Money) £2,000 Lady Leshurr £500 Byron £250 L Marshall £1,500 Orange Street £900 Riddimstone £100 Too Spicy £200

Godiva in the Square September 2012 The Subways £4500 Twisted Wheel £1500

Godiva Festival July 2013 Echo & The Bunnymen £ 15,000 Ghostpoet £ 3,000 Maximo Park £ 22,500 Lucy Rose £ 5,000 Reverend & The Makers £ 4,500 Mallory Knox £ 4,000 Steve Cradock £ 2,000 Concrete Knives £ 500 The View £ 6,000 Amelia Lily £ 6,000 The Risk £ 2,000 Tich £ 100 Loveable Rogues £ 2,000 Lexy & The Kill £ 100 Sonrisa cash £ 250 Devlin £ 3,500 Sway £ 2,000 Charlie Brown £ 500 Scruffizer £ 500 The Neville Staple Band £ 2,500 Lee Thompson Ska Orchestra £ 2,250 Matt Henshaw £ 250 Craig Price £ 250 Compere/presenter Brody Swain £ 250

Godiva Festival July 2014 Buzzcocks £10,000 Selecter £4,500 Happy Mondays £25,000 We Are Scientists £12,500 Funeral for a Friend £4,000 Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip £5,000 Little Matador £500 Young Aviators £500 Jimmy Weston £1,300 Lightning Seeds £9,000 Ordinary Boys £1,500 Uptown Ska Collective Horace Panter £2,000 Mariachis El Doritos £2,000 Kids In Glass Houses £3,000 Baby Godzilla £250.00 Fuse ODG £3,500 Meridian dan £3,000 Ghetts £1,500 Neville Staple Band £2,500 Ska Billy Rebels Roddy Byers £1,000 King Hammond £1,200