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Durham County Council Information Service
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Council Departments

County Durham is part of a larger local government structure, and our councillors section offers details of your local county councillors.

Approved Suppliers
Find out about the Council's procurement strategy, how to do business with us and access to our onlone procurement listing.

Best Value Performance Information
Find out how the Council aim to provide 'Best Value', and how, under the Local Government Act 1999, we must continually work to improve our performance.

Complaints Procedure
The County Council strives to satisfy the needs of its customers and citizens, but we realise that sometimes we get things wrong and people are not always happy with what we do. To help in these cases we have a corporate policy for handling complaints.

Departments
Find out which areas of the Council deal with specific services.

District Councils
Durham County Council is part of a larger local government structure, find out how we work with district councils and which local authority is responsible for services in you area.

Generic Change of Circumstances Form
Access the UK Online change of address service 'I Am Moving' which enables you to tell companies and organisations that you are moving and changing address. You can use this service to notify all Durham County Council services of your new contact details.

Out of Hours Social Care Support
Get contact details for 'Social Care Direct' the team of officers who are your first point of contact if you need help from DCC's Social Care and Health service. We have information on 'office hours' and our 'emergency' contacts.

Parish and Town Councils
Details of parish and town councils located in the County Durham area.