We are developing this page as a guide to who does what in local government and government.
- ABC: Ashford Borough Council
- FRA: Kent and Medway Fire and Rescue Authority
- Gov: UK Government
- KCC: Kent County Council
Not all services listed are statutory services.
Service | Additional information | Authority | Department | Agency | Link |
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Benefits | Gov | Department for Work and Pensions | |||
Bus subsidies | for socially necessary, commercially non viable services | KCC | |||
Cemeteries | ABC | ||||
Childcare and pre-school | KCC | ||||
Council Tax collection | ABC | ||||
Courts and Tribunals | Gov | Ministry of Justice | Courts and Tribunals Service | ||
Driving | Driving licences | Gov | Department for Transport | Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency | |
Highway Code, Driving Tests and safety regulation | Gov | Department for Transport | Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency | ||
MOT tests | |||||
Vehicle registration | Gov | Department for Transport | Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency | ||
Vehicle Tax | |||||
Employment | Employment rules | Gov | Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy | ||
Education | National Curriculum | Gov | Department for Education | ||
Schooling for children up to 19 or to 25 for those with special educational needs and disabilities | KCC | ||||
Apprenticeships | Gov | Department for Education | |||
Further Education | Gov | Department for Education | |||
Higher Education (Universities and Higher Education Colleges) |
Gov | Department for Education | |||
Environmental Health | Food Safety – registering and inspecting food premises | ABC | |||
Statutory nuisance – noise, light, bonfires, odour, etc. | ABC | ||||
Litter | ABC | ||||
Fly tipping | ABC | ||||
Fire and public safety | extinguishing fires | FRA | |||
protecting life and property in the event of fires | FRA | ||||
rescuing and protecting people in the event of a road traffic collision | FRA | ||||
rescuing and protecting people in the event of other emergencies | FRA | ||||
Highways | Motorways and trunk roads | Gov | Department for Transport | Highways England | |
Highways England fault reporting | info@highwaysengland.co.uk 0300 123 5000 24-hour service |
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Other than motorways and trunk roads | KCC | ||||
KCC Highways fault reporting | |||||
Housing | Council housing | ABC | |||
Private rented housing enforcement | ABC | ||||
Landscape management | Highway Land – Motorways and trunk roads | ||||
Highway Land – Highways other than motorways and trunk roads including public footpaths and cycle paths | KCC | ||||
ABC owned parks and open spaces | ABC | ||||
Libraries | KCC | ||||
Licensing | Sale of alcohol, places of entertainment, taxis, street trading etc. | ABC | |||
Parking | Car parks | ABC | |||
Parking enforcement | ABC | ||||
Planning | National planning policy | Gov | Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government | ||
Housing need assessment calculation method | |||||
Planning Policy – minerals and waste | KCC | ||||
Planning applications – minerals and waste and KCC sites | KCC | ||||
Planning policy | ABC | ||||
Submitting planning applications for residential and commercial development | ABC | ||||
Viewing planning applications | ABC | ||||
Power of attorney | Make register or end a lasting power of attorney | Gov | Ministry of Justice | Courts and Tribunals Service | |
Prisons and Sentences | Gov | Ministry of Justice | Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service | ||
Public Rights of Way | KCC | ||||
Registration | Birth, death, marriage, civil partnership, citizenship | KCC | |||
Refuse, Recycling and Waste | |||||
Waste management | KCC | ||||
Household waste recycling centres | KCC | ||||
Rubbish collection | ABC | ||||
Social care | Adult care and support | KCC | |||
Carers | KCC | ||||
Children in care | KCC | ||||
Adoption and fostering | KCC | ||||
Child protection | KCC | ||||
Child or adult abuse | KCC | ||||
Trading standards | KCC | ||||
Voting and elections | Register to vote, check voter registration, apply to vote by proxy or b post |
ABC | |||