Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 117296

Local Government: Surrey

Tabled: 3 March 2026

Answered: 16 March 2026

Question

Sir James Cleverly

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of unitary local government restructuring in Surrey on the (a) number of town and parish councils and (b) band D parish precep

Answer

Alison McGovern

Town and parish councils are not in scope for local government reorganisation and will continue to operate as they do now.  The power to create and restructure town and parish councils is devolved to principal local authorities, which can review and make ...

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