Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effects of local town councils on coastal communities.
The Department has not made any assessment of the specific effects of local town councils on coastal communities. However, parish and town councils are a fundamental part of our local democracy, with a key role to play both in representing their communities and improving their quality of life.