The Council
The council structure
This class contains information about how the Council is structured and how to contact Ward Councillors and senior managers.
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Gateshead Council: How the Council Works
Including Know Your Local Councillor (A to Z of Councillors by Ward), the Council and Cabinet structure and useful Council contacts
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Leaflet
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Free from Civic Centre, Public Libraries, some other Council Offices
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About Gateshead Council, including links to many Council documents and services
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Web page
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View free online
About the Council
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The Borough of Gateshead: its Civic Traditions
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Leaflet
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Free from Civic Centre, Public Libraries, some other Council offices
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Web page
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View free online
Civic Traditions |
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Councillors information
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Web page
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View free online
Councillors infomation|
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Your Mayor
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Web page
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View free online
Your Mayor |
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A to Z of Council Services, including links to service-specific information and contacts
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Web page
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View free online
A to Z of Council Services|
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Structure of Council Services, including links to service-specific information and contacts
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Web page
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View free online
Your Council Webpage|
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Policies, plans and strategies
The Council produces policies, plans and strategies reflecting the wide range of services and functions for which we are responsible. This class also includes plans and strategies that the Council is required to produce by central government.
In addition to the exemptions listed previously, we will not publish draft versions of documents intended for future publication unless they are issued for public consultation.
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Reviews, inspections and performance indicators
As part of the Government's Best Value regime, we are required to review all our services over a five-year period. This class includes details of the process and outcome of these reviews, together with inspection reports resulting from external inspections and other performance indicators.
In addition to the exemptions listed previously, we will not publish a report from an external body if they expressly forbid us to do so.
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Local democracy, meetings and decisions
This class contains information about how local democracy works, including political structure and constitution, local election results, Councillors' code of conduct and interests, standing orders, and delegations to committees and officers.
Members of the public are entitled to attend meetings of the Council, Cabinet and Committees, and to have access to the agendas, reports, minutes and background papers of these meetings.
Under schedule 12A Part 1 of the Local Government Act 1972 (as from time to time amended) the Council can exclude the press and public from meetings and deny access to the agendas, reports, minutes and background papers where the following items will be discussed:
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Identity of any person tendering for supply of goods or services;
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Information covered by legal privilege;
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Action in prevention, investigation or prosecution of crime;
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The identity of a protected informant;
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Information on past or present or prospective employees and office holders;
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Information on past or present or prospective occupiers of council accommodation;
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Information on past or present or prospective recipients of council services;
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Information on past or present or prospective recipients of council financial assistance;
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Information on the adoption or care or fostering of a child;
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Information on the financial or business affairs of any person (but not those of the Council);
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Expenditure proposed by the Council under contract for property, goods or services where disclosure of the amount would give another person an advantage in contracting with the Council;
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Terms proposed in relation to negotiations for property, goods or service where disclosure would prejudice the Council's negotiating position;
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Information relating to consultation and negotiations on labour relations where disclosure would prejudice the Council's negotiating position;
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Information showing that the Council proposes serving a statutory notice imposing requirements on someone, or making a statutory order or direction, where disclosure of a notice, order or direction would give the person affected by it the a chance to defeat its purpose.
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Availability
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Gateshead Council: How the Council Works
Including Know Your Local Councillor (A to Z of Councillors by Ward), the Council and Cabinet structure and useful Council contacts
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Leaflet
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Free from Civic Centre, Public Libraries, some other Council Offices
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Forward Plan
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Web page
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View free online
Forward Plan|
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Constitution
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Web Page
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View Online
Constitution|
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Digest of Decisions
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Print copy
Web page
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View free at Civic Centre and libraries
View free online or download PDF versions
Digest of Decisions Webpage |
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Council Forward Plan, including supplementary sheets
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Print copy
Web page and PDF
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View free at Civic Centre and libraries
View free online or download PDF versions
Forward Plan|
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Agendas, minutes
Need to be more specific about types etc – also when published and that free at meetings
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Print
Web pages and Word documents
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View free at Civic Centre and libraries
View free online or download Word versions
Council Papers Online |
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Local Election results
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Print and web page
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Published annually in local press, at Civic Centre, libraries view online at
Local Election Results
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General Election Results
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Print
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Published after each election in local press, art Civic Centre, libraries.
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Research and statistics
This class includes research reports produced by the Council and statistics about Gateshead.
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Consultation and participation
This class includes general information about council consultations with residents and other stakeholders, including outcome reports.
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Residents Asked to Help Tackle Youth Crime
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Web page
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View free online
Youth Offending Team|
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Public registers
This class includes details of the public registers that the Council is required to maintain and make available for inspection.
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Gateshead Birth Register entries from 1837 to present date in completed registers.
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Hard bound registers
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Information from the completed registers may only be given in the form of certified copies of the entry, apply in person or by post to Gateshead Register Office, Civic Centre, Regent Street, Gateshead, NE8 1HH.
From 01 April 2003 the charge is £7.00 for standard certificate, £5.50 for short certificate, which incorporates the cost of searching for the entry, or £3.50 for a certified copy of a record in the current Register.
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Gateshead Death Register entries from 1837 to present date in completed registers.
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Hard bound registers
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Information from the completed registers may only be given in the form of certified copies of the entry, apply in person or by post to Gateshead Register Office, Civic Centre, Regent Street, Gateshead, NE8 1HH.
From 01 April 2003 the charge is £7.00, which incorporates the cost of searching for the entry, or £3.50 for a certified copy of a record in the current Register.
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Gateshead Marriage Register entries for all civil and religious marriages from ???? to present date in completed registers.
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Hard bound registers
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Information from the completed registers may only be given in the form of certified copies of the entry, apply in person or by post to Gateshead Register Office, Civic Centre, Regent Street, Gateshead, NE8 1HH.
From 01 April 2003 the charge is £7.00, which incorporates the cost of searching for the entry, or £3.50 for a certified copy of a record in the current Register.
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Current Birth, Death and Marriage Registers.
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Available for inspection for a limited period, for a specified purpose like legal proceedings, no charge.
From 01 April 2003 the charge for a certified copy of a record in the current Register is £3.50, apply in person or by post to Gateshead Register Office, Civic Centre, Regent Street, Gateshead, NE8 1HH.
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Marriage Notice Book.
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Hard bound registers
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By inspection only for a specific purpose like a formal objection to a marriage, at Gateshead Register Office, no charge.
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Marriage Notices.
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Legal notice board
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By inspection only in the general waiting area of Gateshead Register Office for a period of 15 days, no charge.
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Booklet given to prospective marrieds
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Electoral Register
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Publicity and promotion
This class covers general publicity and promotional material. Some information is short-term because it is designed and published to promote a specific event and will usually be withdrawn after the event takes place.
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Comments, compliments and complaints
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web page
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View Online
Complaints procedure|
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The Councils Data Protection Statement
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web page
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View Online
Data Protection|
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The Electoral Commission
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PDF
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View Online
Electoral Commission
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The Council Constitution
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PDF
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View Online
The Council Constitution|
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