There are fears these services and more will be hit by the strike, which is due to take place on 16 and 17 July.

Members of one of the country's largest unions, Unison voted strike over pay after a 2.45% pay offer. The union is demanding 6%.

Scarborough Council said some of its services will be disrupted during the two days including the Customer First service which is the first port of call for inquiries and paying bills.

Human resources manager Elaine Blades, said: "We currently have 281 Unison members, widely spread across all the different departments within the council with the highest proportion of members in finance and asset management, which includes housing and council tax benefits staff.

"Other areas with a significant number of membersinclude legal and support services, technical services, environmental services and Customer First.

"Unison members have the right not to tell managers whether they plan to strike or not, so it is not easy to predict how many members will actually strike. However staff unaffected by the strike will endeavour to keep disruption to the public to a minimum."

Bosses at North Yorkshire County Council have said they are hoping to minimise the amount of staff taking part in the action.

County councillor Carl Les, executive member for corporate affairs, said: "The county will work with Unison to minimise the level of disruption so we can ensure essential services to the public are maintained by agreeing which posts are essential to life and limb. In those agreed cases, staff will be exempt from taking strike action to ensure the most vulnerable people are not adversely affected."

North Yorkshire County Council runs services including schools, social services and some highways services.

Refuse collectors, traffic wardens, planning services, housing services, recycling services and Customer First staff are employed by Scarborough Council.