asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many parishes in England with between 150 and 1,000 electors have (a) a parish meeting, and (b) a parish council; and what is the size, in terms of number of electors, and location of each of those which has a parish meeting. [HL4513]

This information is not held centrally. There are approximately 10,000 parishes in England of which all must have a parish meeting and around 8,900 have parish councils. We do not have information centrally on the size of parishes, whether in terms of number of electors or their location. In a county area, some of this information may be available from that county's association of local councils, reflecting the very local nature of this information.

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many parishes in England with more than 1,000 electors have a parish meeting, but no parish council; and what is the size, in terms of number of electors, and location of each. [HL4514]

There is none. Of the approximately 10,000 parishes in England, all must have a parish meeting and any parish with more than 200 local government electors is required by statute to have a parish council. We do not hold information centrally on the size of parishes, whether in terms of numbers of electors or their location.

asked Her Majesty's Government:

In which district council areas in England they are considering recommendations for changes to the pattern of parish councils following parish reviews in those areas; and when they expect to make decisions on these areas. [HL4518]

The table below lists the principal local authorities which have submitted recommendations to the Secretary of State for changes to parishes. The list includes both recommendations resulting from local reviews of parish arrangements and petitions for new parishes in respect of which the Secretary of State has yet to make a decision.

The Government intend to take these decisions as and when practicable; recommendations outstanding on enactment of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill will be subject to transitional arrangements which we will be discussing with the Local Government Association and other stakeholders.