Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask Her Majesty's Government which new parish and town councils were established as a result of a community governance review for each year between 2010–11 and 2020–21.

The community governance review process enables a principal council to carry out a review of the local arrangements in its area and make changes, which could include the abolition or restructuring of local parish councils. The Government encourages all communities wishing to establish a parish council to petition their local authority to that effect, regardless of where they live.

This is the information we hold on new parish councils created each year between 2016-2017 to 2020-2021 as a result of a community governance review. Records of new parishes created through a community governance review prior to 2016 are not held in this format.

• 2016-17: Sherfield Park Parish Council; Norton and Cuckney Parish Council; Royal Sutton Coldfield Town Council; Bingley Town Council; Finham Parish Council; Hathersage Parish Council; Asterby, Goulceby and Ranby Parish Council; Pannal with Burn Bridge Parish Council; East Hunsbury Parish Council; Exton and Horn Parish Council; Aston Tirrold and Aston Upthorpe Parish Council.

• 2017-18: South Trumpington Parish Meeting; Macclesfield Town Council; West Hill Parish Council; Batchworth Parish Council; Aldcliffe-with-Stodday Parish Council; Lowestoft Town Council; Oulton Broad Parish Council; Central Swindon North Parish Council; South Swindon Parish Council; West Swindon Parish Council; St Andrews Parish Council; Blunsdon Parish Council; Nythe, Eldene and Liden Parish Council.

• 2018-19: N/A

• 2019-20: Oulton Parish Council; Heybridge Basin Parish Council; Shipley Town Council.

• 2020 – 21: North Boyatt Wood Parish Council; Northstowe Town Council.