HC Deb 12 July 1973 vol 859 cc407-8W
Mr. Dixon

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment which cathedral cities in England have been granted neither parish council status nor district council status under the Local Government Act 1972; which county towns in England have been granted neither parish council status nor district council status under the Local Government Act 1972; and which existing local authorities in England, where the population accounts for more than one-fifth of the population of the relevant new district council, have been granted parish status under the Local Government Act 1972.

Mr. Graham Page

The information requested is set out below. It should be noted that the term "county town" has no local government application; the information on this point is based on the

Member for Stepney (Mr. Shore) on 4th July, the information is as follows:

list of towns to which this term is still commonly applied.

Cathedral cities which are not conterminous with new districts and are not included in the order establishing successor parishes: *Birmingham, Bradford, Canterbury, *Carlisle, *Chester, Chichester, *Coventry, Durham, Lichfield, *Newcastle-upon-Tyne, *Peterborough, *Manchester, Rochester, St. Albans, Salisbury (New Sarum), *Sheffield, Truro, Wakefield, Winchester and *Worcester. In addition the boroughs of Chelmsford and Guildford are cathedral towns in this category.

County towns which are not conterminous with new districts and are not included in the order establishing successor parishes: Aylesbury, *Bedford, Bury St. Edmunds, *Carlisle, Chelmsford, *Chester, Durham, Guildford, Hertford, Lancaster, Lewes, *Maidstone, *Newcastle-upon-Tyne, *Northampton, *Oxford, Salisbury, *Shrewsbury, Stafford, Taunton, Winchester and *Worcester.

* These existing cities and county towns comprise over half the population of the new district.

Local authorities which are included in the order establishing successor parishes and which comprise more than one-fifth of the population of the new district (none of these contains appreciably more than that proportion): Alnwick UD, Barnard Castle UD, Chesham UD, Leek UD, Leighton-Linslade UD, Leominster MB, March UD, Norton-Radstock UD, Oakham UD, Portland UD, Stourport-on-Severn UD, Swanage UD and Wokingham MB.