Did you know ?

- there are 468 local Councils in the UK

- there are 8 types of Council;

County, District, Metropolitan, English, Welsh and Scottish unitary,

Northern Irish district

- there are 11,000 town, parish & community Councils

- Councils spend over £70 billion per year

- There are 21,000 democratically elected councillors

- There are over 2 million employees

Within Blackpool Council

- Services are provided to a population of 142,400

- Over 7900 staff are employed

(2^nd biggest employer in the town after the health service)

- Over 100 different services are provided to the residents of the town

- Over 21,000 pupils are taught in Blackpool Schools

- The Council is responsible for waste collection and has recently reduced the amount of waste that’s sent to landfill by over 5000 tonnes and by increasing recycling to almost 20 % of all household waste

- 2,000,000 school meals are prepared per year (based on school rolls of 21101 (2004/05 figure)) or If we have sausages on the menu, the length of sausage served on that day would equate to 3340 metres.

- Half a million light bulbs are maintained on the largest illuminations display in the Country

- We have recently received national recognition for determining major and minor planning applications quickly

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The Council services are unified by the shared purpose in “Building a better Community for all.”