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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 23 February 2016 to HL6056, what progress the Government has made on implementing new regulations governing the conduct of parish polls; when the Government plans to publish the outcome of the Parish polls: consultation on the government's intentions to modernise parish poll regulations which concluded in 2014; and for what reasons a response to that consultation has not been published.

Pursuant to the previous answer to HL6056 provided to Baroness Scott in 2016; work on revising the regulations has started. The regulations, alongside details of the response to consultation, will be laid as soon as practicable, taking into account current pressure on Parliamentary time.