Written questions

Parish and Town Councils: Complaints

Commons · Question 94033 · Tabled 24 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 27 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Tom Gordon

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress his Department has made in implementing the conclusion of the 2014 consultation on modernising parish poll rules; and if he will take legislative steps to (a) stren

Answer

Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh, 27 Nov 2025

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.