Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 94034
Parish and Town Councils: Complaints
Tabled: 24 November 2025
Answered: 27 November 2025
Named DayQuestion
Tom Gordon
Liberal Democrat — Harrogate and Knaresborough
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the value for money of parish polls.
Answer
Miatta FahnbullehThe government acknowledges that a significant time has passed since the coalition government consulted on proposals to modernise the parish polls.The government has no immediate plans to amend the parish poll regulations.