Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 84947

Public Spaces: Access

Tabled: 24 October 2025
Answered: 3 November 2025

Question

Kevin Hollinrake

ConservativeThirsk and Malton

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the report by the Manifesto Club entitled Gatekeepers: How councils are controlling access to the

Answer

Miatta Fahnbulleh
The provision and administration of street trading and highways licences are the responsibility of Local Authorities under either the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 or the London Local Authorities Act 1990, depending on their locatio...

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