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The local government database covers all local authorities as well as police and fire authorities.

The structure of Local Authorities varies across the whole of the UK. Following a major re-organisation in the 1990’s, Wales and Scotland merged all the district and county councils creating a single authority type for each area. These are known as Unitary Authorities and provide all Council functions.

In England, the situation was different. There would be a mixture of 'single tier' authorities - called Unitary,  Metropolitan snf London Boroughs. The rest of the Country is covered by 'Two Tier' authorities - English country councils and districts councils – where functions are divided between the two authority types.

The following table shows how functions that vary between authority types are divided:
 

 

Single Tier

Single Tier

Single Tier

Two Tier

Two Tier

 

Metropolitan

London Boroughs

Unitary

County

English District

Education Yes Yes Yes Yes  
Environmental Health Yes Yes Yes   Yes
Highways Yes Yes Yes Yes  
Housing Yes Yes Yes   Yes
Libraries Yes Yes Yes Yes  
Planning Yes Yes Yes   Yes
Recreation/Leisure Yes Yes Yes   Yes
Refuse Collection Yes Yes Yes   Yes
Refuse Disposal     Yes Yes  
Social Care Yes Yes Yes Yes  
Local Authority functions are divided up within each authority into a number of departments. Smaller District Councils tending to have two to three departments and the Mets/Unitaries/Counties/Boroughs have four to five.

Councils are run based on edicts, rules and legal requirements created by central government. They do, however, have autonomy in how they provide these functions and how they organize themselves. As a result, councils are organized somewhat differently. The financial and decision-making autonomy of individual departments varies from one authority to another and from one authority type to another.

It is worth considering the departments as quite separate from each other. From the database, you'll see that they are often based at different addresses, with different functions and separate departmental purchasing/finance and other corporate functions.

Local Authorities are funded by a combination of local tax revenue, grants from the central government, investments and financial reserves.

The database is extensively categorised by organisation type/level of management and has nearly 200 functional categories and areas of responsibility. The number of contacts and depth of information is constantly being expanded with new functions and statutory positions. Department names and numbers of employees are also a recent addition to the database
  Count
Number of organisations 589
Number of contacts 19,921
Number of email addresses 15,559
Data type Organisation type Contact count
Local Government Fire Authority 619
Local Government Greater London Authority 12
Local Government LA Purchasing Organisation 36
Local Government Local Authority 18,136
Local Government Local Authority Association 50
Local Government National Park Authority 54
Local Government NI Housing Executive 15
Local Government Passenger Transport Authority 33
Local Government Police Authority 966
Total 19,921
Sector Category Contact count
- Chief Executive 591
- Top Level Director 2,167
Administration/Planning Best Value 305
Administration/Planning Central Administrative Services 441
Administration/Planning Cleaning Buildings 238
Administration/Planning Corporate/Strategic/Policy Planning 1,163
Administration/Planning Customer Services 372
Administration/Planning Electoral Registration 382
Administration/Planning Freedom of Information 382
Administration/Planning Members Services 555
Administration/Planning Operational Services 113
Administration/Planning Printing / Reprographics 50
Administration/Planning Property Enqs/Local Land Charges 306
Administration/Planning Quality Assurance 185
Adult Services Adult Services - Admin/Management/Support Ser 149
Adult Services Adult Services - Area/District Officer 66
Adult Services Adult Services - Community Care 218
Adult Services Adult Services - Criminal Justice 39
Adult Services Adult Services - Learning Disabilities 118
Adult Services Adult Services - Lifelong Learning 97
Adult Services Adult Services - Management of Own Care Servi 22
Adult Services Adult Services - Mental Health Services 115
Adult Services Adult Services - Occupational Therapy 15
Adult Services Adult Services - Older People 156
Adult Services Adult Services - Operational Services 22
Adult Services Adult Services - Overall Responsibility 194
Adult Services Adult Services - Physical Disabilities 110
Adult Services Adult Services - Planning/Development 230
Adult Services Adult Services - Quality Assurance 89
Adult Services Adult Services - Research and Information 49
Adult Services Adult Services - Social Care 308
Adult Services Adult Services - Substance Misuse 10
Building & Engineering Architectural Services 285
Building & Engineering Direct Service Operations 424
Building & Engineering Technical Services 396
Childrens Services Childrens Services - Admin/Management/Support 19
Childrens Services Childrens Services - Area/District Officer 54
Childrens Services Childrens Services - Educational Grants 48
Childrens Services Childrens Services - Educational Strategy 324
Childrens Services Childrens Services - Family Services 227
Childrens Services Childrens Services - Fostering/Adoption 171
Childrens Services Childrens Services - Management of Own Care S 16
Childrens Services Childrens Services - Other Educational 218
Childrens Services Childrens Services - Overall Responsibility 241
Childrens Services Childrens Services - Physical Disabilities 17
Childrens Services Childrens Services - Planning/Development 73
Childrens Services Childrens Services - Pre-School / Early Years 1
Childrens Services Childrens Services - Psychology 189
Childrens Services Childrens Services - Pupil Assessment 59
Childrens Services Childrens Services - Quality Assurance 17
Childrens Services Childrens Services - Research and Information 5
Childrens Services Childrens Services - School Admissions 200
Childrens Services Childrens Services - School Travel Planning 181
Childrens Services Childrens Services - Schools Inspection 14
Childrens Services Childrens Services - Social Care 484
Childrens Services Childrens Services - Special Educational Need 80
Childrens Services Childrens Services - Substance Misuse 1
Childrens Services Childrens Services - Welfare 58
Childrens Services Childrens Services - Youth Offending 183
Communications Call Centre 11
Communications Health Promotion 8
Communications Public Relations/Marketing 655
Economic Development Economic Planning 569
Economic Development Industrial Development 360
Education Academic Services 1
Education Academic Services - Music 1
Emergency Services Civil Contingency 10
Emergency Services Emergency Planning 370
Emergency Services Emergency Services 1,182
Emergency Services Fire Service 339
Environmental Contaminated Land 264
Environmental Environmental Health 633
Environmental Environmental Health - Food Safety 44
Environmental Environmental Services - Overall Responsibili 338
Environmental Green/Conservation/Sustainability 474
Environmental Recycling Education/Promotion 369
Environmental Refuse Collection 455
Environmental Refuse Disposal 376
Environmental Sewerage 141
Environmental Street Cleaning 346
Environmental Street Scene 81
Financial Adult Services - Finance 115
Financial Central Audit Services 258
Financial Central Financial Services 910
Financial Central Financial Services - Accounting 164
Financial Central Financial Services - Payroll 100
Financial Central Financial Services - Pensions 117
Financial Central Financial Services - Revenues 254
Financial Childrens Services - Finance 18
Financial Council Tax/Rating/Valuation 377
Financial Departmental Finance 245
Financial Fraud Control 257
Financial Housing - Benefits 194
Financial Insurance Services 25
Food Catering 196
Food Childrens Services - Schools Catering 173
Health Cemeteries and Crematoria 245
Health Cleansing 336
Health Community Safety 405
Health Medical Services 4
Health Patient Safety 1
Health Primary Care 2
Health Public Health 31
Heritage/Museums Museums & Art Galleries 522
Housing Housing - Care/Support/Homelessness 263
Housing Housing - Development 105
Housing Housing - Maintenance 139
Housing Housing - Management/Tenant Services 308
Housing Housing - Other 27
Housing Housing - Overall Responsibility 304
Housing Housing - Private Sector 49
Housing Housing - Regeneration 27
IT/Computing Adult Services - IT/Computing 84
IT/Computing Central Computing 795
IT/Computing Central Computing - Internet 84
IT/Computing Central IT Departmental Support 64
IT/Computing Childrens Services - IT/Computing 14
IT/Computing Childrens Services - Schools IT 208
IT/Computing Departmental Computing 1,241
IT/Computing eGovernment 451
IT/Computing G.I.S. 98
IT/Computing Network Management 140
IT/Computing Telecommunications 356
Land/Property/Estates CCTV 337
Land/Property/Estates Childrens Services - School Estates 161
Land/Property/Estates Energy Management 229
Land/Property/Estates Facilities/Property Management 915
Land/Property/Estates Fleet/Transport Management 551
Land/Property/Estates Health and Safety (Internal) 316
Land/Property/Estates Security 9
Land/Property/Estates Student Services - Accommodation 1
Legal/Law and Order Central Legal Services 692
Library/Information Archives 161
Library/Information Library Services 251
Library/Information Library Services - Business/Reference 165
Library/Information Research/Information/Records Mgmnt 543
Medical/Clinical Accident and Emergency 1
Medical/Clinical Mental Health / Learning Disabilities 1
Partnership/Co-ordination Community Services / Development 581
Partnership/Co-ordination Economic/Community Regeneration 409
Partnership/Co-ordination European Liaison 263
Partnership/Co-ordination Local Area Agreement 74
Partnership/Co-ordination Local Strategic Partnership 22
Partnership/Co-ordination Service Co-ordination & Partnerships 276
Partnership/Co-ordination Tourism Promotion 385
Partnership/Co-ordination Town Centre Management 187
Partnership/Co-ordination Voluntary Sector Liaison 190
Personnel/Human Resources Adult Services - HR 82
Personnel/Human Resources Central Personnel Services 772
Personnel/Human Resources Childrens Services - HR 5
Personnel/Human Resources Departmental Personnel Services 133
Personnel/Human Resources Equality Issues 377
Personnel/Human Resources Occupational Health 8
Purchasing/Procurement Adult Services - Purchasing/Commissioning 163
Purchasing/Procurement Central Contract Management 103
Purchasing/Procurement Central Purchasing of Supplies 519
Purchasing/Procurement Childrens Services - Purchasing/Commissioning 45
Purchasing/Procurement Commissioning Services 3
Purchasing/Procurement Departmental Purchasing/Contracts 221
Recreation/Sports Arts 288
Recreation/Sports Public Parks/Grounds Maintenance 389
Recreation/Sports Recreation/Leisure - Leisure Centres 149
Recreation/Sports Recreation/Leisure - Sports 174
Recreation/Sports Recreation/Leisure - Unspecified 18
Recreation/Sports Recreation/Leisure Services 572
Regulation/Control Building Control 445
Regulation/Control Licensing 199
Regulation/Control Markets 46
Regulation/Control T&C Planning - Development Control 358
Regulation/Control T&C Planning - Local Plans 183
Regulation/Control T&C Plng - Structure/Unitary Plans 74
Regulation/Control Town & Country Planning 619
Regulation/Control Trading Standards 257
Social Security/Welfare Benefits 193
Social Security/Welfare Travel Concessions (OAPs etc) 141
Training Adult Services - Training 96
Training Central Staff Training 548
Training Childrens Services - Training 4
Training Departmental Training 117
Transport/Highways Car Parks (Off-Street) 216
Transport/Highways Highways - Client 277
Transport/Highways Highways - Contractor/Consultant 146
Transport/Highways Highways - Design & Engineering 143
Transport/Highways Highways - Maintenance 120
Transport/Highways Highways - Road Safety 140
Transport/Highways Highways - Street Lighting 67
Transport/Highways Highways - Traffic Control/ITS 62
Transport/Highways Highways - Traffic Management 108
Transport/Highways Highways - Unspecified 10
Transport/Highways Public Transport Subsidies 118
Transport/Highways Transport Planning 290
De-duplicated total 19,921
Region Contact count
- 1
Channel Islands 9
East Midlands 1,732
Eastern 2,312
Isle of Man 20
London 1,693
North East 795
North West 2,174
Northern Ireland 552
Scotland 1,677
South East 3,202
South West 1,748
Wales 1,151
West Midlands 1,446
Yorkshire and the Humber 1,409
Total 19,921
Seniority Contact count
Main Address 589
Chairman 3
Chief Executive/Equivalent 591
Top Level/Director 2,166
Second Level/Assistant Director/Head of Servi 6,650
Third Level/Head of Service/Manager 3,960
Fourth Level/Manager 101
Below Fourth Level 7
Unspecified 5,852
- 2
Total 19,921
 
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