diff --git a/app/models/local_authority.rb b/app/models/local_authority.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4017ada52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/local_authority.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+class LocalAuthority < ApplicationRecord
+end
diff --git a/app/services/imports/local_authorities_service.rb b/app/services/imports/local_authorities_service.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c45308c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/imports/local_authorities_service.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+require "csv"
+
+module Imports
+  class LocalAuthoritiesService
+    attr_reader :path, :count
+
+    def initialize(path:)
+      @path = path
+      @count = 0
+    end
+
+    def call
+      CSV.foreach(path, headers: true) do |row|
+        LocalAuthority.upsert(
+          { code: row["code"],
+            la_name: row["la_name"],
+            start_date: Time.zone.local(row["start_year"], 4, 1),
+            end_date: (Time.zone.local(row["end_year"], 3, 31) if row["end_year"]),
+            previous_location_only: row["previous_location_only"] },
+        )
+        @count += 1
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/config/local_authorities_data/initial_local_authorities.csv b/config/local_authorities_data/initial_local_authorities.csv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0fa158c5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/local_authorities_data/initial_local_authorities.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,388 @@
+code,la_name,start_year,end_year,previous_location_only
+S12000033,Aberdeen City,2021,,true
+S12000034,Aberdeenshire,2021,,true
+E07000223,Adur,2021,,
+E07000032,Amber Valley,2021,,
+S12000041,Angus,2021,,true
+N09000001,Antrim and Newtownabbey,2021,,true
+N09000011,Ards and North Down,2021,,true
+S12000035,Argyll and Bute,2021,,true
+N09000002,"Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon",2021,,true
+E07000224,Arun,2021,,
+E07000170,Ashfield,2021,,
+E07000105,Ashford,2021,,
+E07000200,Babergh,2021,,
+E09000002,Barking and Dagenham,2021,,
+E09000003,Barnet,2021,,
+E08000016,Barnsley,2021,,
+E07000066,Basildon,2021,,
+E07000084,Basingstoke and Deane,2021,,
+E07000171,Bassetlaw,2021,,
+E06000022,Bath and North East Somerset,2021,,
+E06000055,Bedford,2021,,
+N09000003,Belfast,2021,,true
+E09000004,Bexley,2021,,
+E08000025,Birmingham,2021,,
+E07000129,Blaby,2021,,
+E06000008,Blackburn with Darwen,2021,,
+E06000009,Blackpool,2021,,
+W06000019,Blaenau Gwent,2021,,true
+E07000033,Bolsover,2021,,
+E08000001,Bolton,2021,,
+E07000136,Boston,2021,,
+E06000058,"Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole",2021,,
+E06000036,Bracknell Forest,2021,,
+E08000032,Bradford,2021,,
+E07000067,Braintree,2021,,
+E07000143,Breckland,2021,,
+E09000005,Brent,2021,,
+E07000068,Brentwood,2021,,
+W06000013,Bridgend,2021,,true
+E06000043,Brighton and Hove,2021,,
+E06000023,"Bristol, City of",2021,,
+E07000144,Broadland,2021,,
+E09000006,Bromley,2021,,
+E07000234,Bromsgrove,2021,,
+E07000095,Broxbourne,2021,,
+E07000172,Broxtowe,2021,,
+E06000060,Buckinghamshire,2021,,
+E07000117,Burnley,2021,,
+E08000002,Bury,2021,,
+W06000018,Caerphilly,2021,,true
+E08000033,Calderdale,2021,,
+E07000008,Cambridge,2021,,
+E09000007,Camden,2021,,
+E07000192,Cannock Chase,2021,,
+E07000106,Canterbury,2021,,
+W06000015,Cardiff,2021,,true
+W06000010,Carmarthenshire,2021,,true
+E07000069,Castle Point,2021,,
+N09000004,Causeway Coast and Glens,2021,,true
+E06000056,Central Bedfordshire,2021,,
+W06000008,Ceredigion,2021,,true
+E07000130,Charnwood,2021,,
+E07000070,Chelmsford,2021,,
+E07000078,Cheltenham,2021,,
+E07000177,Cherwell,2021,,
+E06000049,Cheshire East,2021,,
+E06000050,Cheshire West and Chester,2021,,
+E07000034,Chesterfield,2021,,
+E07000225,Chichester,2021,,
+E07000118,Chorley,2021,,
+S12000036,City of Edinburgh,2021,,true
+E09000001,City of London,2021,,
+S12000005,Clackmannanshire,2021,,true
+E07000071,Colchester,2021,,
+W06000003,Conwy,2021,,true
+E07000150,Corby,2021,,
+E06000052,Cornwall,2021,,
+E07000079,Cotswold,2021,,
+E06000047,County Durham,2021,,
+E08000026,Coventry,2021,,
+E07000226,Crawley,2021,,
+E09000008,Croydon,2021,,
+E06000063,Cumberland,2023,,
+E07000096,Dacorum,2021,,
+E06000005,Darlington,2021,,
+E07000107,Dartford,2021,,
+E07000151,Daventry,2021,,
+W06000004,Denbighshire,2021,,true
+E06000015,Derby,2021,,
+E07000035,Derbyshire Dales,2021,,
+N09000005,Derry City and Strabane,2021,,true
+E08000017,Doncaster,2021,,
+E06000059,Dorset,2021,,
+E07000108,Dover,2021,,
+E08000027,Dudley,2021,,
+S12000006,Dumfries and Galloway,2021,,true
+S12000042,Dundee City,2021,,true
+E09000009,Ealing,2021,,
+S12000008,East Ayrshire,2021,,true
+E07000009,East Cambridgeshire,2021,,
+E07000040,East Devon,2021,,
+S12000045,East Dunbartonshire,2021,,true
+E07000085,East Hampshire,2021,,
+E07000242,East Hertfordshire,2021,,
+E07000137,East Lindsey,2021,,
+S12000010,East Lothian,2021,,true
+E07000152,East Northamptonshire,2021,,
+S12000011,East Renfrewshire,2021,,true
+E06000011,East Riding of Yorkshire,2021,,
+E07000193,East Staffordshire,2021,,
+E07000244,East Suffolk,2021,,
+E07000061,Eastbourne,2021,,
+E07000086,Eastleigh,2021,,
+E07000207,Elmbridge,2021,,
+E09000010,Enfield,2021,,
+E07000072,Epping Forest,2021,,
+E07000208,Epsom and Ewell,2021,,
+E07000036,Erewash,2021,,
+E07000041,Exeter,2021,,
+S12000014,Falkirk,2021,,true
+E07000087,Fareham,2021,,
+E07000010,Fenland,2021,,
+N09000006,Fermanagh and Omagh,2021,,true
+S12000047,Fife,2021,,true
+W06000005,Flintshire,2021,,true
+E07000112,Folkestone and Hythe,2021,,
+E07000080,Forest of Dean,2021,,
+E07000119,Fylde,2021,,
+E08000037,Gateshead,2021,,
+E07000173,Gedling,2021,,
+S12000049,Glasgow City,2021,,true
+E07000081,Gloucester,2021,,
+E07000088,Gosport,2021,,
+E07000109,Gravesham,2021,,
+E07000145,Great Yarmouth,2021,,
+E09000011,Greenwich,2021,,
+E07000209,Guildford,2021,,
+W06000002,Gwynedd,2021,,
+E09000012,Hackney,2021,,
+E06000006,Halton,2021,,
+E09000013,Hammersmith and Fulham,2021,,
+E07000131,Harborough,2021,,
+E09000014,Haringey,2021,,
+E07000073,Harlow,2021,,
+E09000015,Harrow,2021,,
+E07000089,Hart,2021,,
+E06000001,Hartlepool,2021,,
+E07000062,Hastings,2021,,
+E07000090,Havant,2021,,
+E09000016,Havering,2021,,
+E06000019,"Herefordshire, County of",2021,,
+E07000098,Hertsmere,2021,,
+E07000037,High Peak,2021,,
+S12000017,Highland,2021,,
+E09000017,Hillingdon,2021,,
+E07000132,Hinckley and Bosworth,2021,,
+E07000227,Horsham,2021,,
+E09000018,Hounslow,2021,,
+E07000011,Huntingdonshire,2021,,
+E07000120,Hyndburn,2021,,
+S12000018,Inverclyde,2021,,true
+E07000202,Ipswich,2021,,
+W06000001,Isle of Anglesey,2021,,true
+E06000046,Isle of Wight,2021,,
+E06000053,Isles of Scilly,2021,,
+E09000019,Islington,2021,,
+E09000020,Kensington and Chelsea,2021,,
+E07000153,Kettering,2021,,
+E07000146,King’s Lynn and West Norfolk,2021,,
+E06000010,"Kingston upon Hull, City of",2021,,
+E09000021,Kingston upon Thames,2021,,
+E08000034,Kirklees,2021,,
+E08000011,Knowsley,2021,,
+E09000022,Lambeth,2021,,
+E07000121,Lancaster,2021,,
+E08000035,Leeds,2021,,
+E06000016,Leicester,2021,,
+E07000063,Lewes,2021,,
+E09000023,Lewisham,2021,,
+E07000194,Lichfield,2021,,
+E07000138,Lincoln,2021,,
+N09000007,Lisburn and Castlereagh,2021,,true
+E08000012,Liverpool,2021,,
+E06000032,Luton,2021,,
+E07000110,Maidstone,2021,,
+E07000074,Maldon,2021,,
+E07000235,Malvern Hills,2021,,
+E08000003,Manchester,2021,,
+E07000174,Mansfield,2021,,
+E06000035,Medway,2021,,
+E07000133,Melton,2021,,
+W06000024,Merthyr Tydfil,2021,,true
+E09000024,Merton,2021,,
+E07000042,Mid Devon,2021,,
+E07000203,Mid Suffolk,2021,,
+E07000228,Mid Sussex,2021,,
+N09000009,Mid Ulster,2021,,true
+N09000008,Mid and East Antrim,2021,,true
+E06000002,Middlesbrough,2021,,
+S12000019,Midlothian,2021,,true
+E06000042,Milton Keynes,2021,,
+E07000210,Mole Valley,2021,,
+W06000021,Monmouthshire,2021,,true
+S12000020,Moray,2021,,true
+S12000013,Na h-Eileanan Siar,2021,,true
+W06000012,Neath Port Talbot,2021,,true
+E07000091,New Forest,2021,,
+E07000175,Newark and Sherwood,2021,,
+E08000021,Newcastle upon Tyne,2021,,
+E07000195,Newcastle-under-Lyme,2021,,
+E09000025,Newham,2021,,
+W06000022,Newport,2021,,true
+N09000010,"Newry, Mourne and Down",2021,,true
+S12000021,North Ayrshire,2021,,true
+E07000043,North Devon,2021,,
+E07000038,North East Derbyshire,2021,,
+E06000012,North East Lincolnshire,2021,,
+E07000099,North Hertfordshire,2021,,
+E07000139,North Kesteven,2021,,
+S12000050,North Lanarkshire,2021,,true
+E06000013,North Lincolnshire,2021,,
+E07000147,North Norfolk,2021,,
+E06000024,North Somerset,2021,,
+E08000022,North Tyneside,2021,,
+E07000218,North Warwickshire,2021,,
+E07000134,North West Leicestershire,2021,,
+E07000154,Northampton,2021,,
+E06000057,Northumberland,2021,,
+E07000148,Norwich,2021,,
+E06000018,Nottingham,2021,,
+E07000219,Nuneaton and Bedworth,2021,,
+E07000135,Oadby and Wigston,2021,,
+E08000004,Oldham,2021,,
+S12000023,Orkney Islands,2021,,true
+E07000178,Oxford,2021,,
+W06000009,Pembrokeshire,2021,,true
+E07000122,Pendle,2021,,
+S12000048,Perth and Kinross,2021,,true
+E06000031,Peterborough,2021,,
+E06000026,Plymouth,2021,,
+E06000044,Portsmouth,2021,,
+W06000023,Powys,2021,,true
+E07000123,Preston,2021,,
+E06000038,Reading,2021,,
+E09000026,Redbridge,2021,,
+E06000003,Redcar and Cleveland,2021,,
+E07000236,Redditch,2021,,
+E07000211,Reigate and Banstead,2021,,
+S12000038,Renfrewshire,2021,,true
+W06000016,Rhondda Cynon Taf,2021,,true
+E07000124,Ribble Valley,2021,,
+E09000027,Richmond upon Thames,2021,,
+E08000005,Rochdale,2021,,
+E07000075,Rochford,2021,,
+E07000125,Rossendale,2021,,
+E07000064,Rother,2021,,
+E08000018,Rotherham,2021,,
+E07000220,Rugby,2021,,
+E07000212,Runnymede,2021,,
+E07000176,Rushcliffe,2021,,
+E07000092,Rushmoor,2021,,
+E06000017,Rutland,2021,,
+E08000006,Salford,2021,,
+E08000028,Sandwell,2021,,
+S12000026,Scottish Borders,2021,,true
+E08000014,Sefton,2021,,
+E07000111,Sevenoaks,2021,,
+E08000019,Sheffield,2021,,
+S12000027,Shetland Islands,2021,,true
+E06000051,Shropshire,2021,,
+E06000039,Slough,2021,,
+E08000029,Solihull,2021,,
+E06000066,Somerset,2023,,
+S12000028,South Ayrshire,2021,,true
+E07000012,South Cambridgeshire,2021,,
+E07000039,South Derbyshire,2021,,
+E06000025,South Gloucestershire,2021,,
+E07000044,South Hams,2021,,
+E07000140,South Holland,2021,,
+E07000141,South Kesteven,2021,,
+S12000029,South Lanarkshire,2021,,true
+E07000149,South Norfolk,2021,,
+E07000155,South Northamptonshire,2021,,
+E07000179,South Oxfordshire,2021,,
+E07000126,South Ribble,2021,,
+E07000196,South Staffordshire,2021,,
+E08000023,South Tyneside,2021,,
+E06000045,Southampton,2021,,
+E06000033,Southend-on-Sea,2021,,
+E09000028,Southwark,2021,,
+E07000213,Spelthorne,2021,,
+E07000240,St Albans,2021,,
+E08000013,St. Helens,2021,,
+E07000197,Stafford,2021,,
+E07000198,Staffordshire Moorlands,2021,,
+E07000243,Stevenage,2021,,
+S12000030,Stirling,2021,,true
+E08000007,Stockport,2021,,
+E06000004,Stockton-on-Tees,2021,,
+E06000021,Stoke-on-Trent,2021,,
+E07000221,Stratford-on-Avon,2021,,
+E07000082,Stroud,2021,,
+E08000024,Sunderland,2021,,
+E07000214,Surrey Heath,2021,,
+E09000029,Sutton,2021,,
+E07000113,Swale,2021,,
+W06000011,Swansea,2021,,true
+E06000030,Swindon,2021,,
+E08000008,Tameside,2021,,
+E07000199,Tamworth,2021,,
+E07000215,Tandridge,2021,,
+E07000045,Teignbridge,2021,,
+E06000020,Telford and Wrekin,2021,,
+E07000076,Tendring,2021,,
+E07000093,Test Valley,2021,,
+E07000083,Tewkesbury,2021,,
+E07000114,Thanet,2021,,
+E07000102,Three Rivers,2021,,
+E06000034,Thurrock,2021,,
+E07000115,Tonbridge and Malling,2021,,
+E06000027,Torbay,2021,,
+W06000020,Torfaen,2021,,true
+E07000046,Torridge,2021,,
+E09000030,Tower Hamlets,2021,,
+E08000009,Trafford,2021,,
+E07000116,Tunbridge Wells,2021,,
+E07000077,Uttlesford,2021,,
+W06000014,Vale of Glamorgan,2021,,true
+E07000180,Vale of White Horse,2021,,
+E08000036,Wakefield,2021,,
+E08000030,Walsall,2021,,
+E09000031,Waltham Forest,2021,,
+E09000032,Wandsworth,2021,,
+E06000007,Warrington,2021,,
+E07000222,Warwick,2021,,
+E07000103,Watford,2021,,
+E07000216,Waverley,2021,,
+E07000065,Wealden,2021,,
+E07000156,Wellingborough,2021,,
+E07000241,Welwyn Hatfield,2021,,
+E06000037,West Berkshire,2021,,
+E07000047,West Devon,2021,,
+S12000039,West Dunbartonshire,2021,,true
+E07000127,West Lancashire,2021,,
+E07000142,West Lindsey,2021,,
+S12000040,West Lothian,2021,,true
+E07000181,West Oxfordshire,2021,,
+E07000245,West Suffolk,2021,,
+E09000033,Westminster,2021,,
+E06000064,Westmorland and Furness,2023,,
+E08000010,Wigan,2021,,
+E06000054,Wiltshire,2021,,
+E07000094,Winchester,2021,,
+E06000040,Windsor and Maidenhead,2021,,
+E08000015,Wirral,2021,,
+E07000217,Woking,2021,,
+E06000041,Wokingham,2021,,
+E08000031,Wolverhampton,2021,,
+E07000237,Worcester,2021,,
+E07000229,Worthing,2021,,
+W06000006,Wrexham,2021,,true
+E07000238,Wychavon,2021,,
+E07000128,Wyre,2021,,
+E07000239,Wyre Forest,2021,,
+E06000014,York,2021,,
+E06000065,North Yorkshire,2023,,
+N92000002,Northern Ireland,2021,,true
+S92000003,Scotland,2021,,true
+W92000004,Wales,2021,,true
+9300000XX,Outside UK,2021,,true
+E07000027,Barrow-in-Furness,2021,2023,
+E07000030,Eden,2021,2023,
+E07000031,South Lakeland,2021,2023,
+E07000026,Allerdale,2021,2023,
+E07000028,Carlisle,2021,2023,
+E07000029,Copeland,2021,2023,
+E07000163,Craven,2021,2023,
+E07000164,Hambleton,2021,2023,
+E07000165,Harrogate,2021,2023,
+E07000166,Richmondshire,2021,2023,
+E07000167,Ryedale,2021,2023,
+E07000168,Scarborough,2021,2023,
+E07000169,Selby,2021,2023,
+E07000187,Mendip,2021,2023,
+E07000188,Sedgemoor,2021,2023,
+E07000246,Somerset West and Taunton,2021,2023,
+E07000189,South Somerset,2021,2023,
diff --git a/db/seeds.rb b/db/seeds.rb
index 341677b27..e677ad50e 100644
--- a/db/seeds.rb
+++ b/db/seeds.rb
@@ -325,4 +325,10 @@ unless Rails.env.test?
     end
   end
 end
+
+if LocalAuthority.count.zero?
+  path = "config/local_authorities_data/initial_local_authorities.csv"
+  service = Imports::LocalAuthoritiesService.new(path:)
+  service.call
+end
 # rubocop:enable Rails/Output