§ 54. Mr. Edwin Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he is aware of concern in the urban districts of Conisbrough, Darfield, Mexborough, Swinton, Wath-upon-Dearne and Wombwell in connection with the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, Report No. 3, which recommends that parish council status should not be granted to these authorities under the Local Government Act 1972; and if he will take necessary action for parish council status to be granted to each of those authorities.
§ Mr. Graham PageMy right hon. and learned Friend is aware that representations have been made for successor parishes in these urban districts, but he is not convinced that he should depart from the carefully considered recommendations of the Boundary Commission.
§ Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the present population of those existing urban districts in South Yorkshire and in West Yorkshire which will have successor parish councils.
§ Mr. Graham PageThe information, derived from the 1971 Census, is as follows:
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South Yorkshire Penistone 8,187 Stocksbridge 13,404 Tickhill 3,262 West Yorkshire Denholme 2,575 Hebden Royd 8,674 Hemsworth 14,851 Otley 13,265 Ripponden 4,799 Silsden 5,583
§ Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the number of existing urban districts in the proposed West Yorkshire and in the South Yorkshire metropolitan counties.
§ Mr. Graham PageThere are 20 existing urban districts in the new metropolitan county of South Yorkshire and 29 in West Yorkshire.
§ Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the number of applications for successor parish status and the number which were successful in both the West Riding of Yorkshire and the rest of England.
§ Mr. Graham PageI am informed by the Local Government Boundary Commission that proposals for successor parishes were made in respect of 402 areas. The commission recommended that successor parish status should be granted in 269 cases and the commission's recommendations were accepted by my right hon. and learned Friend. The figures for the West Riding of Yorkshire were 47 and 13 respectively.
§ Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the number of urban districts which lie in the areas of both metropolitan county and non-metropolitan county areas, and the number which will have successor parish status.
§ Mr. Graham PageThere are 334 urban districts wholly within the new non-metropolitan counties and 111 wholly within the new metropolitan counties. Four urban districts are divided between metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties. Of the proposed successor parishes in the non-metropolitan counties, 187 comprise existing urban districts or parts of urban districts; in the metropolitan counties the corresponding figure is 13.