Complaints about Authority Members

Changes to the complaints procedure

From 8 May 2008 the responsibility for considering complaints that a Member may have breached the Code of Conduct is moving to the standards committees of local authorities.

What this means to you

After 8 May 2008 if you want to complain about the conduct of a Member of the Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Authority you must submit your complaint to:

Chair of the assessment sub-committee
The Standards and Complaints Committee
C/o Members Support,
Fire and Rescue Service Headquarters,
Pirehill,
Stone
ST15 0BS

The assessment sub-committee can only deal with complaints about the behaviour of a Member. It will not deal with complaints about things that are not covered by the members’ Code of Conduct. If you make a complaint to the assessment sub-committee it must be about why you think a Member has not followed the Code of Conduct.

Please visit the Standards Board’s website at www.standardsboard.gov.uk for further information.  

Howard Norris
Secretary to the Authority
Contact Details: 01785 898672 or email h.norris@staffordshirefire.gov.uk