Complaints, comments and compliments

Even in the best run organisations there can be times when things go wrong, leaving you unhappy with the service you receive.

We value complaints because they help us to improve the services we provide for all our customers

We do all we can to investigate any complaints efficiently and as fairly as possible.

Don't worry, making a complaint will not be held against you!

To help us with our equality monitoring you may be asked for information about your ethnic group and whether or not you consider yourself to be disabled.

You do not have to give the information if you do not want to and your response will not make any difference to the way in which we will deal with your complaint.

Complaints procedures

There are separate procedures for:

See our complaints, comments and compliments leaflet (PDF, 255k) for more information about complaints procedures.

We will investigate any complaint as efficiently and fairly as possible.

Make a complaint, comment or compliment online

We welcome feedback about our services. You can make an online complaint, comment or compliment about: 

Complaints performance

Our KCC Annual Complaints, Comments and Compliments Report for 2009/10(PDF, 2819k) shows the number of complaints we received between 1 April 2009 and 31 March 2010. 

The report also shows the number of complaints acknowledged and responded to within our standard.

See examples of how we have responded to your complaints on our 'You said - We did' page.

Annual letter from the Local Government Ombudsman

The Local Government Ombudsman provides feedback to Kent County Council on the cases against the council it receives.

Read our annual letters from the Local Government Ombudsman.

Contact us

Kent County Council
County Hall
Maidstone
Kent ME14 1XQ

county.hall @kent.gov.uk

24 hour helpline: 08458 247 247

Textphone:
08458 247 905

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