Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 115470
Travellers: Caravan Sites
Tabled: 24 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, 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 PennycookMy 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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