§ Mr. DrewTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list1204W parish and town councils (a) which have been granted QUALITY Status, broken down by county area and (b) whose status is being assessed. [162828]
§ Alun MichaelI am very pleased at the extent of engagement of parish and town councils with achieving QUALITY status.
There are approximately 500 clerks currently registered with their County Training Partnership (CTP) to undertake the Certificate in Local Council Administration. Town and parish councils whose clerks are currently taking the qualification are likely to apply for Quality Status once the clerk has secured it, probably within the coming 12 months.
The information requested is as follows:
(a) The 40 parish and town councils that have been granted Quality Status are (by county area):
Name of council County Weston-super-Mare Town Council Avon Keynsham Town Council Avon Leighton Linslade Town Council Bedfordshire Buckingham Town Council Buckinghamshire Huntingdon Town Council Cambridgeshire Holywell-cum-Needingworth Parish Council Cambridgeshire Poynton Parish Council Cheshire Ivybridge Town Council Devon Cullompton Town Council Devon Stokenham Parish Council Devon Tavistock Town Council Devon Exmouth Town Council Devon Kingsbridge Town Council Devon St. Osyth Parish Council Essex Great Baddow Town Council Essex Witham Town Council Essex Loughton Town Council Essex Maldon Town Council Essex Wivenhoe Town Council Essex Headley Parish Council Hampshire Brading Town Council Isle of Wight Wootton Bridge Parish Council Isle of Wight Edenbridge Town Council Kent Asfordby Parish Council Leicestershire and Rutland Halewood Town Council Merseyside Carterton Town Council Oxfordshire Lawley and Overdale Parish Council Shropshire Oswestry Town Council Shropshire Selattyn and Gobowen Parish Council Shropshire Sudbury Town Council Suffolk Seaford Town Council Sussex Hurstpierpoint Sayers Common Parish Council Sussex Burgess Hill Town Council Sussex East Grinstead Town Council Sussex Cuckfield Parish Council Sussex Crowborough Town Council Sussex Whitnash Town Council Warwickshire and West Midlands Curdworth Parish Council Warwickshire and West Midlands Melksham Without Parish Council Wiltshire Calne Town Council Wiltshire (b) The parish and town councils whose status is currently being assessed are:
Name of council County Stoke Gifford Parish Council Avon Newbury Town Council Berkshire Sedgefield Town Council Durham Peterlee Town Council Durham Hamble-le-Rice Parish Council Hampshire Petersfield Town Council Hampshire Stone Parish Council Kent Braunstone Parish Council Leicestershire and Rutland Lancing Parish Council Sussex