The Council uses personal information to:
- Deliver services and support to residents and businesses
- Help investigate any concerns or complaints including concerns or complaints raised by councillors or MPs on behalf of constituents
- Plan and manage council services, including checking on the quality of services, developing future services and keeping track of spending
- Carry out the Council’s regulatory, licensing and enforcement functions, for example. planning permissions, trading standards and food safety
- Deal with payments, grants, benefits and other financial transactions
- Check an individual’s identity or entitlement to personal information
- Carry out research and consult with residents and people who use council services
- Fulfil our statutory obligations such as protecting vulnerable children and adults
- Understand more about the nature and causes of disease and ill-health in the area and to improve the health of the population we serve (see the separate Public Health privacy notice).