Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of Town and Parish Councils in 2018.
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has not made any assessment of the cost to the public purse of Parish councils as they do not receive Government funding. Parish councils are funded by a precept upon local taxpayers through council tax.