Local government: policy enquiry email addresses

Enquiry email addresses for local government policy areas and functions.

Local Government - general
Contactus@communities.gsi.gov.uk

Local government research
lg.research@communities.gsi.gov.uk

Local Area Agreements
laa@communities.gsi.gov.uk

Local government finance - LGF website
lgfweb@communities.gsi.gov.uk

Local government finance - Council Tax
council.tax@communities.gsi.gov.uk

Local government finance - quarterly return of council tax and non-domestic rates
qrc.statistics@communities.gsi.gov.uk

Local government finance - borrowing statistics forms and queries
borrowing.statistics@communities.gsi.gov.uk

Local government finance - capital financing: advice, receipts, systems and allocations
cfp@communities.gsi.gov.uk and capital.receipts@communities.gsi.gov.uk

Local government finance - National Non-Domestic Business Rates (NNDR)
ndr@communities.gsi.gov.uk

Local government finance - Bellwin Scheme
bellwin@communities.gsi.gov.uk

Beacon scheme
beaconsinfo@communities.gsi.gov.uk

Best value - Invest to Save Budget (ISB)
lg.isb@communities.gsi.gov.uk

Capacity building
capacitybuilding-enquiry@communities.gsi.gov.uk

Local government liaison (Wellbeing, Community Strategies, Section 28, Local Authority Deregulation, Freedoms and Flexibilities)
lgl@communities.gsi.gov.uk

Local government transformation and efficiency
ted@communities.gsi.gov.uk

Local Public Service Agreements (LPSAs)
local.psas@communities.gsi.gov.uk

Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPs)
lsp@communities.gsi.gov.uk

Strategic Service Delivery Partnerships (SSDP)
ted@communities.gsi.gov.uk

e-Government - Local DirectGov programme team
localdirectgov@communities.gsi.gov.uk

Local byelaws
byelaws@communities.gsi.gov.uk

Local government pensions
lgpensions@communities.gsi.gov.uk

Local Government Overseas Assistance Act 1993
overseasassistance@communities.gsi.gov.uk

Strong and Prosperous Communities - the Local Government White Paper
- localgovernmentwhitepaper@communities.gsi.gov.uk (general questions)
- structures@communities.gsi.gov.uk (queries relating to the invitation to all councils to submit proposals for unitary status)
- empowered.communities@communities.gsi.gov.uk (queries relating to responsive services and empowered communities)
- performanceframework@communities.gsi.gov.uk (queries relating to proposals for a new performance framework)
- strongcities@communities.gsi.gov.uk (queries relating to the 'Strong cities and strategic regions' chapter of the White Paper)

All other enquiries
If you have a question not covered by the headings above, please contact general enquiries: contactus@communities.gsi.gov.uk