Council services - what do we have a duty to deliver?

We currently deliver a lot of services that are not a duty of a council.

Here are some of the services the budget currently funds that are partly or completely additional to the council’s duties:

  • Business support services
  • Catering and cleaning
  • Community learning
  • Customer communication and support services
  • Development management (planning)
  • Early years
  • Economic growth and regeneration
  • Environmental health
  • Health and safety; 
  • ICT (Information technology)
  • Parking
  • Private sector housing support
  • Professional support services such as HR&OD (Human Resources and organisational development) and legal services
  • Property management eg building standards, council estate development
  • Public toilets
  • Roads management
  • School crossing patrollers
  • Trading standards
  • Transport eg airports, ferries, buses, strategic transportation
  • Waste and litter collection

As well as some elements of services above, we have a duty to deliver:

  • Civil contingencies service
  • Education
  • Finance and audit services
  • Gaelic education 
  • Housing strategy and homelessness services
  • Registrar services
  • Social work (this is delivered by the HSCP).
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