§ Mr. Simon Hughesasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the areas where the Local Government Boundary Commissioners have recommended that parish councils be established, but where his decision is still awaited.
§ Mrs. RumboldFollowing is the list of proposed new parishes, for which parish councils would be established. Some are amalgamations of existing parishes: areas at present unparished, in whole or in part, are distinguished by an asterisk.
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District Proposed new parish Adur *Southwick Ashford *Stanhope Wye and Hinxhill Barrow in Furness *Askham and Ireleth *Lindal and Marton *Dalton Town with Newton East Lindsey Ashby with Scremby Beesby with Saleby Bolingbroke Brackenborough with Little Grimsby Calcethorpe with Kelstern Candlesby with Gunby Claxby with Moorby East Barkwith East Kirby Edlinglon with Wispington Elkington Greetham with Somersby Ludford Lusby with Winceby Reston Revesby Roughton Scamblesby South Thoresby Stixwould and Woodhall Tetford Withern with Stain Woodhall Spa Ellesmere Port and Neston *Ince Gedling Ravenshead Leominster Birley with Upper Hill Maldon *Maldon *Heybridge Mid Sussex *Haywards Heath *Lindfield Urbaʼn
District Proposed new parish North Norfolk High Kelling Ryburgh Walsingham Pendle *Barnoldswick Bracewell and Brogden Blacko *Barrowford *Trawdon Forest Solihull *Olton *Knowle *Dorridge and Bentley Heath Smiths Wood South Shropshire Chirbury with Brompton Abdon Craven Arms Newcastle-on-Clun Worthen with Shelve Staffordshire Moorlands Caverswell and Werrington Uttlesford Hatfield Heath Waveney Sommerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet West Derbyshire *Grindleford Wycombe Hazlemere *West Wycombe
§ Mr. Simon Hughesasked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he will make a decision about the areas where the Local Government Boundary Commissioners have recommended that parish councils be established.
§ Mrs. RumboldMy right hon. Friend's decisions on the commission's proposals are announced as soon as his consideration of each report is concluded.
§ Mr. Simon Hughesasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many staff are employed by his Department to process recommendations of the Local Government Boundary Commissioners for the establishment of parish councils and to supervise the creation of such bodies.
§ Mrs. RumboldSix staff process the commission's proposals for new parishes and for boundary alterations to other areas. Some legal and cartographic staff time is also involved. Parish council elections, whether for new parishes or others, are supervised by returning officers appointed for that purpose by the appropriate district council.
§ Mr. Simon Hughesasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps have been taken against those local authorities which have failed to carry out parish reviews in accordance with the Local Government Act 1972.
§ Mrs. RumboldNone. The district councils' duty under section 48(8) of the Local Government Act 1972 to keep the parish arrangements in their districts under review does not extend to an obligation always to carry out parish reviews under section 60 of the Act.