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 Day

Question

Tom Gordon

Liberal DemocratHarrogate 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 Fahnbulleh
The 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.