Question follow-through · 68525
Parish and Town Councils
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on the number of (a) town and (b) parish councils that have taken on functions previously managed by (i) district, (ii) county, (iii) unitar
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 16 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 24 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
16 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on the number of (a) town and (b) parish councils that have taken on functions previously managed by (i) district, (ii) county, (iii) unitar
21 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Jul 2025
Answer published
There is no centrally held data on the total number of functions town and parish councils have taken on from principal local authorities.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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