City of Westminster

Press office

Press and media enquiries

Westminster City Council's press office is operational 24-hours a day, 365 days per year. We provide accurate, up to the minute information concerning council policy and the issues affecting the City of Westminster.

Media should contact us by telephoning 020 7641 2259. This number is manned by a duty press officer out-of-hours. You can also contact the press office on mediateam@westminster.gov.uk.

PortfolioPress officerContact
Leader of the Council, finance, customer service

Fergus Sheppard

fsheppard@westminster.gov.uk

 020 7641 3995
Built environment, planning, parking, city management, transport, waste

Nick Thompson

nthompson1@westminster.gov.uk

 020 7641 2781
Adults and public health, carers, mental health, housing, business

Jo Hooper

jhooper@westminster.gov.uk

 020 7641 1886
Child and young people, schools and education, youth offending, community protection and premises, licensing, trading standards

Tony Bonnici

tbonnici@westminster.gov.uk

 020 7641 2419
Housing management, corporate property, CityWest Homes

David Green

dgreen@westminster.gov.uk

 0207 641 3973
Communities, sport and leisure, arts, libraries, volunteering, Lord Mayor

John Crossley

jcrossley@westminster.gov.uk

 0207 641 2423
Filming permission and special events

Media requiring permission to film and organisations wishing to hold events or gain parking dispensation within Westminster should contact the special events team on 020 7641 2390.

For more information please visit our events page.

Non-press enquiries

If you are a member of the public please see the list of departments below to assist with your enquiry. If you have any difficulty you can call the general customer enquiry line on 020 7641 6000.

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Top 10 council numbers:
Department
Telephone number
Council tax 0845 302 3400
Environmental action line 020 7641 2000
Housing benefit and council tax benefit 0800 072 0042
Housing options 020 7641 1000
Library renewals 020 7641 1400
Parking 020 7823 4567
Planning 020 7641 2513
Registering to vote 020 7641 2730
Senior passport 020 7641 1444
Social Services 020 7641 7535

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