City of London Corporation
The UK has multiple tiers of local government and not all local authorities have responsibility for education. This public authority is one of around 200 local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales which do have responsibilities for education. This council has the functions of a district level council. Councils of this type are usually the primary planning authority and council tax billing authority and have responsibility for, among other things, refuse collection, housing, food safety inspections, dog wardens, parks and street cleaning as well as cemeteries and crematoria. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 you can request information from the City of London about the work it carries out as a local authority, police authority or port health authority. Technically, it is the Common Council of the City of London that is subject to FOI. The Common Council is the local authority for the "Square Mile" only (the historic City of London) and not for London as a whole.



An older name for the City of London Corporation is: Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London. [1]The City of London Police Authority is listed separately.  We also list Guildhall School of Music and Drama separately.

The City of London controls the market constabularies:• Billingsgate Market Constabulary[2]
• New Spitalfields Market Constabulary[3]
• Smithfield Market Constabulary[4]