Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 113923
Travellers: Caravan Parks
Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 2 March 2026
Named DayQuestion
Claire Coutinho
Conservative — East Surrey
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his department holds data on the number of incidences of traveller caravans on unauthorised developments on land owned by travellers being used to provide accommodation f
Answer
Matthew PennycookMy Department does not hold this data. The Traveller Caravan Count includes data on the number of caravans and traveller sites in England. It does not include the number of occupants residing in these caravans or caravan sites, nor their characteristics.