Written Question·Home Office·UIN 73299

Travellers: Caravan Sites

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 11 September 2025

Question

Cameron Thomas

IndependentTewkesbury

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to take steps to help tackle the dismissal of High Court injunctions relating to the development of traveller sites.

Answer

Sarah Jones
It is for the independent courts to determine the lawfulness of individual injunctions. Local authorities and the police have a range of powers available to manage unauthorised encampments.Statutory guidance issued by the Home Office sets out how these po...

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