Find out about changes to our services and Christmas opening times on our Festive information page. To find out when your bin will be collected over the festive period, visit Changes to County Durham bin collections at Christmas.

Due to maintenance, the following systems will be unavailable from 11.45am on Tuesday 24 December until 8.00am on Thursday 2 January: our online Council Tax, business rates and housing benefit services, and our welfare assistance form. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance's overall objective is to ensure that the best possible financial support is provided to help the council achieve its aims and objectives.

This is achieved through:

Securing stewardship - making sure we have control, probity, accountability and that we recognise regulatory obligations and the statutory role of the Section 151 Officer.
Supporting performance - by being responsive to customers, by being efficient, effective and economic, and by maintaining a commitment to improving performance.
Enabling transformation - by being strategic and customer-led, future-orientated, proactive in managing change and risk, and receptive to new ideas.

It provides the following key services:

internal audit and risk
payroll and pensions
financial resources
strategic finance
revenues and benefits

Contact Customer Services

Email help@durham.gov.uk
Telephone 03000 26 0000