Council, Government & Consumer Protection

Local
Councils
Durham County Council 
Gateshead MBC  
Newcastle upon Tyne City Council  
North Tyneside Council  
Northumberland County Council  
South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council  
Sunderland City Council  

South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
Town Hall
and Civic
Offices
Westoe Road, South Shields, NE33 2RL. Tel: 0191 4271717
Responsible: Housing, Leisure Activities, Libraries, Environmental Services, Trading Standards, Council Tax, Housing Benefits, Pensions, Payments, Payroll, Personnel, Information Technology, Legal and Financial Services, Economic Development, Planning, Building Control, Highways, Road Safety, Schools and Continuing Education, Construction Services, Environmental Services, Child Care Services, Elderly People Support Services, and Disabled People Support Services.
  Contract Housing Section - Central Library Building, Prince Georg Square, South Shields, NE33 2PE. Tel: 0191 4271717
Council Tax and Housing Benefit - Gordon House, Gordon Street, South Shields, NE33 4JP. Tel: 0191 4279999
Housing Department  - 1-15 Westoe Road, South Shields, NE33 2RL. Tel: 0191 4271717
Housing Jarrow - South Tyneside MBC, Town Hall, Grange Road, Jarrow, NE32 3LE. Tel: 0191 4891141
Rents Payment - 1-15 Westoe Road, South Shields, NE33 2RL. Tel: 0191 4271717
Meals on Wheels - Social Services Department, South Tyneside House, Westoe Road, South Shields, NE33 2RL. Tel: 0191 4271717

Government Departments
Index Government web sites Index 
Benefits
Agency
Benefits Agency - Benefit category index 
Child
Support
Agency
Child Support Agency - Much-criticised agency set up to make absent fathers (and Mothers) pay for their children's keep. But in reality they simply ruin estranged families, and the money certainly doesn’t go to the guardian parent ! 
Data
protection
registry
Data protection registry (UK) 
DEE Department for Education and Employment - Information for parents, pupils and teachers. 
DOH Department of Health - Britain's National Health Service with information phone lines. 
DSS Department of Social Security -  benefits, national insurance, child support and other services. 
DTI Department of Trade and Industry - including the New Deal and the Small Firms Loan Guarantee Scheme. 
  DTI Information Society Initiative  to encourage firms to take full advantage of "the explosion of new ways to access, use and send information". 
DVLA
    etc.
DVLA 
Highways Agency 
DETR Mobility Unit 
Foreign
Office
Foreign & Commonwealth Office 
G7 G7 Information Society 
H & S Health & Safety Executive - information about how the law on workplace safety affects business. 
Tax Inland Revenue 
UN United Nations 
Stats Office for National Statistics - economic and social statistics including retail price index, trade figures and labour market data. 

Consumer Protection
CAB Citizens Advice Bureau
Consumer
Gateway
Consumer Gateway (DTI) provides advice and information, and access to practical assistance
Crimestoppers Crimestoppers - Tel: 0800 555111
Neighborhood
Watch
Neighborhood Watch - Tel: 0171 7723348
Fair
Trading
Office of Fair Trading 
OFGAS OFGAS Government watchdog - gas industry 
OFTEL OFTEL - regulator - UK telecoms industry 
OFWAT OFWAT regulator for the water industry. 8th floor, Northgate House, St Augustines Way, Darlington, DL1 1 XA - Tel: 01325 464222  
Trading
Standards
Trading Standards 
Welfare
Rights
Welfare Rights Service - 287 Sunderland Road, South Shields, NE34 6RB. Tel: 0191 4271500


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