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DERBY
CITY COUNCIL
01332 293111 |
COUNCIL
GRIPES
Complaints about Derby City Council shot up by
50% in 2002, with 69 registered complaints. The
figures, from April 1, 2002, to March 31, 2003,
have been revealed in a letter from Patricia
Thomas, Local Government Ombudsman, to the
council. In 2001/02 there were 46 complaints and
in 2000/01 there were 44 complaints about the
city council.
The Local Government Ombudsman investigates
complaints of injustice by local authorities. It
investigate complaints about most council matters
including housing, planning, education, social
services and council tax.
The largest number of complaints were about
planning, with 15 lodged. The biggest increase
was on the subject of housing and housing
benefit. No complaint was subject to a formal
ombudsman report and seven were resolved locally. |
BAD DEBTS
Debts of £26,673 caused by the overpayment of
housing benefit, were written off by the city
council. The debts were considered irrecoverable
as one of the debtors had died and the city
council was not confident of winning a civil case
against the other.
A debtor referred to as Mr M owed £13,583 when
he died on September 9, 2001, after it was
discovered he was in receipt of a private pension
for the period from April 9, 1993, until May 3,
1999. But there were no funds left in his estate
to reimburse the council.
The other debtor, referred to as Mr C, owed
£13,090 for the period April 19, 1993, to April
26, 1999, when he was also in receipt of a
private pension. The council's only hope of
retrieving the money was by applying to the
County Court but the city council did not have
enough evidence to win a court case. |
RACIAL
EQUALITY
A new report claims that almost 9% of
Derby City Council employees are from ethnic
minorities. The council employs 11,591 people but
2,927 of those did not supply the council with
information on their background as part of a
survey. Census figures from 2001 showed that
12.1% of Derby's population were from ethnic
minorities. But with racial equality, what does
it matter? |
HELP
TO BUY
The City Council is to introduce a scheme to help
council tenants buy their own home. The council
hopes the scheme will boost people's aspirations
and their financial security, as well as as
freeing up council housing stock.
Total funding of £100,000 is available from
funds set aside by the council to promote access
to affordable housing. Under the scheme,
long-standing tenants would be given free grants
of several thousands of pounds to help them buy
their own property. The council is losing about
300 homes a year through people in the city
taking advantage of the right to buy. |
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LOCAL COUNCILLORS FOR DERBY
Abbey
Maurice
Burgess
198 Porter Road, Littleover, Derby, DE23 6RF.
Tel: 01332 767820 | Office Tel: Not Available
Email: maurice.burgess@derby.gov.uk
Affiliation: Liberal Democrat
Bryan Lowe
98 Palmerston Street, Derby, DE23 6PF.
Tel: Not Available | Office Tel: 01332 766085
Email: bryan.lowe@derby.gov.uk
Affiliation: Liberal Democrat
Ann Jackman
6 Crown Mews, May Street, Derby, DE22 3PY.
Tel: Not Available | Office Tel: 01332 255605
Email: n/a
Affiliation: Liberal Democrat
Allestree
Philip
Hickson
33 West Avenue, Five Lamps, Derby, DE21 3HS.
Tel: 01332 348473 | Office Tel: 01332 255605
Email: philip.hickson@derby.gov.uk
Affiliation: Conservative
Roy Webb
14 Calder CLose, Allestree, Derby, DE22 2SH.
Tel: 01332 550668 | Office Tel: Not Available
Email: roy.webb@derby.gov.uk
Affiliation: Conservative
Balbir Samra
113 Whitaker Road, Derby, DE23 6AQ.
Tel: Not Available | Office Tel: Not Available
Email: balbir.samra@derby.gov.uk
Affiliation: Conservative
Alvaston
Alan
Graves
Farm View House, Rykneld Way, Littleover, Derby, DE23
4AT.
Tel: 01332 521735 | Office Tel: Not Available
Email: Not Available
Affiliation: Labour
Paul Bayliss
1150 London Road, Alvaston, Derby, DE24 8QE.
Tel: 01332 733858 | Office Tel: Not Available
Email: paul.bayliss@derby.gov.uk
Affiliation: Labour
Chris Wynn
29 Bank View Road, Derby, DE22 1EL.
Tel: 01332 361871 | Office Tel: Not Available
Email: chris.wynn@derby.gov.uk
Affiliation: Labour
Arboretum
Abdul
Rehman
38 Pear Tree Crescent, Derby, DE23 8RP.
Tel: 01332 731174 | Office Tel: Not Available
Email: abdul.rehman@derby.gov.uk
Affiliation: Labour
Fareed Hussain
37 Empress Road, Derby, DE23 6TD.
Tel: 01332 296134 | Office Tel: 408 8149
Email: n/a
Affiliation: Labour
Ashiq Hussain
35 Portland Street, Derby, DE23 8QA.
Tel: Not Available | Office Tel: 01332 381211
Email: ahiq.hussain@derby.gov.uk
Affiliation: Labour
Blagreaves
Robert
Troup
37 St Wystan's Road, Derby, DE22 3JY.
Tel: 01332 343118 | Office Tel: 01332 221350
Email: robert.troup@derby.gov.uk
Affiliation: Liberal Democrat
Ann Crosby
6 Eastbrae Road, Sunnyhill, Derby, DE23 1WA.
Tel: 01332 772245 | Office Tel: Not Available
Email: ann.crosby@derby.gov.uk
Affiliation: Liberal Democrat
Ruth Skelton
34 Donington Drive, Sunnyhill, Derby, DE23
7NA.
Tel: 01332 603902 | Office Tel: Not Available
Email: ruth.skelton@derby.gov.uk
Affiliation: Liberal Democrat
Boulton
Ron
Blanksby
256 Boulton Lane, Derby, DE24 0BB.
Tel: Not Available | Office Tel: 01332 571104 (home)
Email: ron.blanksby@derby.gov.uk
Affiliation: Labour
Ronald Allen
24 Holtlands Drive, Alvaston, Derby, DE24 0AR.
Tel: Not Available | Office Tel: 01332 758017
Email: Not Available
Affiliation: Independent
Barbara Jackson
10 Tynedale Chase, Sinfin, Derby, DE24 3AU.
Tel: Not Available | Office Tel: 01332 763190
Email: barbara.jackson@derby.gov.uk
Affiliation: Labour
Chaddesden
John
Ahern
16 Howth Close, Chaddesden, Derby, DE21 6UD.
Tel: Not Available | Office Tel: 01332 677873
Email: john.ahern@derby.gov.uk
Affiliation: Labour
Anne MacDonald
141 Albert Road, Chaddesden, Derby, DE21 6TA.
Tel: Not Available | Office Tel: 01332 601689
Email: anne.macdonald@derby.gov.uk
Affiliation: Labour
Sara Bolton
The Warren, 5 Wood Croft, Littleover, Derby, DE23
7DR.
Tel: 01332 760677 | Office Tel: 01332 256198
Email: sara.bolton@derby.gov.uk
Affiliation: Labour
Chellaston
Paul
Willitts
12 Chelwood Road, Chellaston, Derby, DE73 1SJ.
Tel: 01332 705281/705641 | Office Tel: Not Available
Email: paul.willitts@derby.gov.uk
Affiliation: Conservative
Ronald Liversedge
58 Rymill Drive, Oakwood, Derby, DE21 2UW.
Tel: Not Available | Office Tel: Not Available
Email: Not Available
Affiliation: Conservative
Julie Hickson
72 The Bancroft, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6NF.
Tel: Not Available | Office Tel: Not Available
Email: julie.hickson@derby.gov.uk
Affiliation: Conservative
Darley
Martin
Repton
11 Queen Mary Court, Duffield Road, Derby, DE22 1BB.
Tel: 01332 206095 | Office Tel: 01283 210018
Email: martin.repton@derby.gov.uk
Affiliation: Labour
Valerie Beech
66 Ashbourne Road, Derby, DE22 3AF.
Tel: 01332 384628 | Office Tel: Not Available
Email: val.beech@derby.gov.uk
Affiliation: Labour
Joan Travis
White House, 2 New Road, Darley Abbey, Derby, DE22
1DR.
Tel: 01332 557395 | Office Tel: Not Available
Email: joan.travis@derby.gov.uk
Affiliation: Liberal Democratic
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