Question follow-through · 58768
Parish and Town Councils: Membership
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to encourage greater diversity in parish and town council membership.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 10 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 17 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to encourage greater diversity in parish and town council membership.
12 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jun 2025
Answer published
The government is committed to supporting councils at all levels of local government to attract talented members who are representative of the communities they serve. We welcome the work of organisations including the National Association of Local Council...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Empty Property: Devon
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Planning Permission: Standards
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Private Rented Housing: Rents
18 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department has taken to compare best practice in (a) the UK and (b) other countries on reducing public expenditure on private rents.
Social Rented Housing: Finance
18 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increased social housing investment on reducing reliance on private landlords.
Housing Benefit and Universal Credit: Landlords
18 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what accountability mechanisms exist for private landlords who receive public funds through (a) Housing Benefit and (b) Universal Credit.
Local Government: Codes of Practice
19 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the enforcement of the local government code of conduct.
Local Government: Complaints
19 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many complaints were referred to local standards committees in the last year; and what proportion of those complaints led to sanctions.
Councillors: Conduct
19 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what statutory powers are available to local standards committees to investigate and sanction councillors for breaches of the Nolan Principles.
Local Government: Standards
19 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what what steps she is taking to help ensure consistency in standards of (a) ethics, (b) training and (c) reporting in (i) parish, (ii) town and (iii) district councils.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Palantir
1 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what contracts their Department has with Palantir.
Members: Correspondence
3 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to respond to the email from the hon. Member for Newton Abbot dated 24 July 2025.
Park Homes: Sales
12 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of a 10% commission charge on the sale of park homes on park home owners.