Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 115470

Travellers: Caravan Sites

Tabled: 24 February 2026
Answered: 2 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Claire Coutinho

ConservativeEast Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the inaccessibility of land owned by travellers when local authorities carry out statutory counting

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
My Department recognises that access to traveller sites may not always be possible. This fact is reflected in the guidance provided to local planning authorities when carrying out the Traveller Caravan Count, which advises that such sites should still be ...

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