Written Question·Home Office·UIN 71497

Travellers: Caravan Sites

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 11 September 2025

Question

Kim Leadbeater

LabourSpen Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support local authorities in addressing unauthorised encampments that negatively affect local (a) high streets or (b) businesses.

Answer

Sarah Jones
Local authorities and police have a range of powers to manage unauthorised encampments, including those affecting high streets and businesses. These include long-standing provisions under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, and additional powe...

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