To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when she received Hextable’s application for separate parish status; and when she expects to make a decision on the application. (148652)

[holding answer 10 July 2007]: The application by Sevenoaks district council to create a new parish of Hextable was received in this Department on 24 May 2006. A decision will be made once assessment of the representations received and issues involved in relation to this application have been fully considered.