To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many submissions to the consultation on the Community Infrastructure Levy referred to the potential access of parish councils to this fund.

Our publication on the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), published on 24 January, sets out the background to the CIL and more detail on the provisions in the Planning Bill. It also explains how the Government are continuing to develop the detail of the CIL in consultation with stakeholders.

The question of Parish councils' potential access to CIL funds is not an issue which has been raised in correspondence received so far.

The 24 January CIL publication 'The Community Infrastructure Levy' is available in the House library.