§ Mr. John Fraserasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will consider requiring local authorities to provide a greater number of sites for gipsies in winter.
§ Mr. MacfarlaneI have no plans to require local authorities to make varying levels of site provision to meet seasonal fluctuations of gipsy movements, but authorities should have regard to such fluctuations when planning the kinds of sites needed.
§ Mr. John Fraserasked Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in the Official Report the number of places provided by each London borough for gypsies.
§ Mr. MacfarlaneFollowing is the information for numbers of pitches provided:
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Numbers Barking 16 Barnet nil Bexley 16 Brent nil Bromley 20 Camden nil Croydon 15 Ealing nil Enfield 15 Greenwich 54 Hackney nil Hammersmith & Fulham *20 Haringey 12 Harrow 15 Havering 16 Hillingdon 30 Hounslow 17 Islington nil Kensington & Chelsea *
Numbers Kingston upon Thames 15 Lambeth 15 Lewisham 16 Merton 15 Newham 14 Redbridge 17 Richmond upon Thames 16 Southwark 15 Sutton 15 Tower Hamlets 15 Waltham Forest 16 Wandsworth 12 Westminster nil * Westway site shared by the London boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea.