Hull City Council

Hull City Council is the governing body for the city of Kingston upon Hull. It was created in 1972.

Councilors

Today, Hull City Council consists of 57 councilors and has several subcomponents that perform different tasks:

Cabinet (makes most day-to-day decisions);
Cabinet Committees: The Cabinet appoints councilors to Cabinet Committees to handle specific responsibilities, such as granting of contracts above a certain monetary value;
Task Groups (deal with specific issues);
Area committees (responsible for different geographic areas of the city);
Regulatory Committees (planning, licensing, school government, standards, civic affairs);
Overview and Scrutiny Committees (hold public hearings into issues of local concern).

Email: info@hullcc.gov.uk

Phone numbers:

residents and visitors – 01482 300 300
businesses – 01482 300 301
welfare hotline – 01482 300 303 (housing benefit, council tax reduction and welfare benefits)
box office – 01482 300 306
emergency council housing repairs out of hours – 01482 300 300.
emergency social care out of hours – 01482 300 304

Mail:

Hull City Council
The Guildhall, Alfred Gelder Street, Hull, HU1 2AA