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Employment
Service Direct
Job vacancies
- no benefit enquiries. Tel: 0845 60 60 234.
Community
Legal Service
Help with
finding good quality legal advice.
Organised through the Citizens' Advice Bureaux. Tel: 0845 608
1122.
Disability
Benefits Enquiries
Benefit info
for people with disabilities. Tel: 0800 882200.
Inland Revenue
Helpline
Personal taxation
queries Tel: 08459 000444.
Inland Revenue
Website at
www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk
- Self Assessment
- Tel: 0845 9000 444.
- National
Insurance - Tel: 0845 915 4655.
- Working
Families Tax Credit - Tel: 0845 609 5000.
- Disabled
Person's Tax Credits - Tel: 0845 605 5858.
- Ashton-under-Lyne
Inland Revenue Enquiry Centre
2 Booth Street, Ashton OL6 7PL. Tel: 0161-308 5200.
- Bury Inland
Revenue Enquiry Centre
9-11 Minden Parade, Bury BL6 0QN.
- Manchester
Large Business Enquiry Office
Albert Bridge House, 1 Bridge Street, Manchester M60 9BH. Tel:
0161-288 6000.
- Manchester
Trinity Enquiry Office
Trinity Bridge House, 2 Dearmans Place, Salford M3 5BH. Tel: 0161-261
2000.
- Oldham
Priory Enquiry Office
Pheonix House, 44 Union Street, Oldham OL1 1EP. Tel: 0161-345
5000.
- Rochdale
Enquiry Office
Newgate House, Newgate, Rochdale OL16 1XB. Tel: 01706-664000.
Contact
for MPs and MEPs
House of Commons:
Tel: 020-7219 3000
Members of European Parliament: Tel:020-7227 4300.
Trading Standards
Part of local
authorities, they give advice on and investigate trading issues,
weights & measures, quality standards, complaints, etc. See
under individual Local Authorities below:
- Bury Metropolitan
Borough Council - Tel: 0161-253 5578.
- Cheshire
Local Trading Standards - Tel: 0845 760 3456.
- City of Salford
Council - Tel: 0161-793 2022.
- Derbyshire
Trading Standards - Tel: 01629-585858.
- Manchester
City Council - Tel: 01161-226 8283.
- Stockport
Metropolitan Borough - Tel: 0161-474 4248.
- Tameside
Metropolitan Borough Council - Tel: 0161-342 3941.
- Trafford
Metropolitan Borough Council - Tel: 0161-912 3845.
Utilities
- Consumer Protection
- Energywatch
- gas and electricity consumers council. Tel: 08459 060708
- Ofgem
- gas and electricity markets. Tel: 020-7901 7000
- Oftel
- telephone communications. Tel: 020-7634 8700
- Ofwat
- water services. Tel: 0121-625 1300.
Consumers'
Association
Which Magazine
and online web Trader Scheme, promoting a code of good practice
for companies registered on this scheme. Details at their website
at:
www.which.net/shopping/guide.html and www.which.net/webtrader.
HM Customs
& Excise
Information
and advice on purchasing abroad, and a useful online shopping
and duty section, at their website: www.hmce.gov.uk/public/info/index.htm
Accident
Line
Help for anyone
who has suffered accidental injury. Call free on Tel: 0500 192
939.
Immigration
Advisory Service
24 hour service
for people who have been refused assylum or who have immigration
problems. Tel: 020-7378 9191.
Missing Persons
National Missing
Persons Helpline - 24 hour advice and support.
Call free on Tel: 0500 700 700.
Environmental
Incidents
To report
pollution, damage or damger to the environment call the Environment
Agency free (24 hours service) on Tel: 0800 80 70 60.
Floodline
To report
flooding or to obtain advice, 24 hour helpline, Tel: 0845 988
1188.
Child Support
Agency
Questions
and information relating to Chil Support Maintenance.
National Enquiry Line - Tel: 0845 713 3133.
(8.00am - 8.00pm weekdays, and 8.30am-5.30pm on Saturdays).
Website: www.dss.gov.uk/csa.
Benefits
Agency National Helplines
Child Benefit
- Tel: 0870 155 55 40.
Social Security Abroad - Tel: 0191-218 7777.
Department of Social Security Website at: www.dss.gov.uk
Benefits
Agency Local Offices
- Bolton
Elizabeth House, 21 Back Spring Gardens Bolton BL1 1SJ
Tel: 01204-367000 (postal Districts BL1-8, M26-28).
- Burnley
Brun House, Kingsway, Burnley, Lancashire BB11 1AG
Tel: 01282-473200 (postal Districtss BB4, BB8-BB12, OL12).
- Bury
Humphrey House, Angouleme Way, Bury BL9 0BQ
Tel: 0161-762 2000 (Postal Districts BL0, BL2, BL8, BL9).
- Cheetham
31 Cheetham Parade, Crumpsall, Manchester M8 6DH
Tel: 0845 712 3456. (Postal Districts M8 and M9).
- Leigh
Roydale House, 2-10 Windermere Road, Leigh, Lancashire WN7 1UT
Tel: 01942-263700 (Postal Districts M28-29, M46, WA3, WN2, WN4-7).
- Middleton
Othen House, 7 Oldham Road, Middleton, Manchester M24 1BE
Tel: 0161-654 2000 (Postal Districts M24, OL10-11)
- Rochdale
Newgate House, 1 Newgate, Rochdale OL16 1XA
Tel: 01706-714000 (Postal Districts OL2, OL11-12, OL15-16)
- Rossendale
Unit 21, The Valley Centre, Ratenstall, Rosendale, Lancashire
BB4 7QQ
Tel: 01282-473200 (Postal Districts BB4, OL12-13).
- Salford
Baskerville House, Browncross Street, Salford M60 9HP
Tel: 0161-837 1000 (Postal Districts M3, M5-8, M27, M30, M44).
- Wigan
Brocal House, 73 King Street, Wigan WN1 1EB
- Tel: 01942-758000
(Postal Districts WA11, WN1-6, WN8).
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