2012-01-01 2010-04-06 2010-04-06 2010-04-06 The Function List is a hierarchy of service groups or activities that a public sector body performs to support information referenced at service group level, rather than in the detail of the full Service List. The high level headings are designed to meet similar objectives regardless of departmental or municipal responsibility. It transcends organisational structure and gathers similar activities into a logical collection that would be globally understood.<br />Use - to facilitate systems and human readable formats reference top level headings that collect services from differing organisations and countries in logical themed groupings. This enables local international sub-sets both to cross match and feature local services in order that comparisons may be drawn and services delivered to a common definition regardless of nationality. http://doc.esd.org.uk/FunctionList.xml http://doc.esd.org.uk/FunctionList/1.00.xml 1.00 Advice and benefits Advice and welfare rights Advice and benefits Benefits Advice and benefits Community support Advice and benefits Grants and aid Advice and benefits Business and employment Business advice and support Business and employment Business grants Business and employment Business rates Business and employment Careers and employment Business and employment Commercial property Business and employment Health and safety Business and employment Regeneration Business and employment Tenders and contracts Business and employment Trading standards Business and employment Community safety Criminal justice Community safety Emergencies Community safety Fire safety Community safety Police services 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and rights Asylum and immigration Government, citizens and rights Commercial activities Government, citizens and rights Communications and publicity Government, citizens and rights Complaints and compliments Government, citizens and rights Consultations Government, citizens and rights Data protection and freedom of information Government, citizens and rights Democracy Government, citizens and rights Equality and diversity Government, citizens and rights Municipal operation Government, citizens and rights Policy and performance Government, citizens and rights Registration Government, citizens and rights Statistics and census information Government, citizens and rights Taxation Government, citizens and rights Volunteering and voluntary organisations Government, citizens and rights Health and social care Adult services Health and social care Care homes, supported and sheltered housing Health and social care Carers Health and social care Community centres and facilities Health and social 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