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Help & Advice:

Who can Barry help? Barry can only help in cases raised by people who live in his constituency, which covers the wards of Alperton, Barnhill, Fryent, Kenton, Northwick Park, Preston, Queensbury, Sudbury, and Wembley Central. If you are not a constituent please contact your local MP. You can find out who your local MP is by entering your postcode here.
Please note that if you are contacting Barry on behalf of a friend or family member he will need their signed and written consent before he is able to take action.

Barry can help you with any matter for which Parliament or central government is responsible, such as matters relating to:

  • - Benefits, pensions or allowances – please have your National Insurance Number ready when contacting the office.

  • - Immigration and Asylum - please have your Full Name/Date of birth/Country of Origin/Home Office reference number ready when contacting the office.

  • - Queries and complaints about the NHS

  • - Issues regarding tax

  • - Education

Barry doesn't have any control over Brent Council and if your problem relates to the local authority, the first contact should be with your local councillors. If you are not satisfied with their response Barry may be able to assist. Please provide proof that you've approached the council before contacting our office. You can check who your ward councillors are here

Brent Council has responsibility for matters such as:

  • - Housing – allocations, repairs, problems with landlords

  • - Finance – Council tax, Housing and Council Tax Benefit, rent arrears

  • - Schools – allocation of school places, complaints

  • - Social services – carers, Child Protection

  • - Environmental health - noise nuisance, trading standards, public health

  • - Planning

  • - Waste Services - refuse collection/ street cleaning/fly-tipping

  • - Public highways – potholes, road repairs, street lighting, traffic problems

  • - Leisure facilities – libraries, parks, sports centres

How can Barry help? Barry and his team can help constituents by raising concerns with the relevant department or official or writing to the relevant Minister, many problems can be solved in this way. Our constituent cases are dealt with in terms of how urgent the case is, so please note that due to the volume of correspondence Barry receives, helping constituents with urgent personal problems has to take priority over responding to correspondence on political issues.

Some Useful Numbers

Emergencies   

Police, fire, first aid emergencies 999  

To report a crime (not in an emergency) 101  

Gas Emergencies 080 0111 9999   NHS 111 111  

Health Care   

Northwick Park Hospital 020 8864 3232  

Brent Clinical Commissioning Group 020 8900 5300  

Transport   

TfL (Tube and buses) 034 3222 1234  

National Rail Enquiries 034 5748 4950  

Utility providers   

UK Power Networks (emergencies from mobiles) 080 0316 3105 

UK Power Networks (Customer Services) 080 0028 4587  

Thames Water (Blocked Drains) 080 0316 9800  

Affinity Water (emergencies) 0345 357 2407  

Advice   

National Debtline 080 8808 4000  

24 Hour National Domestic Violence Helpline 080 8200 0247  

Asian Women’s Resource Centre 020 8961 5701  

Solace Women’s Aid 080 8802 5565  

The Refugee Council Advice Line 020 7346 6700  

UK Visas & Immigration 030 0123 2241  

Brent Council   

General Switchboard 020 8937 1234  

Report Fly-tipping 020 8937 5050  

Brent Social Services 020 8937 4300