Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if statistics are held centrally, on the number of caravan sites not licensed by local authorities operated under the auspices of voluntary organisations in England.
§ Mr. TrippierPrecise figures are not available. However, recreational organisations holding an appropriate certificate of exemption from the Department of the Environment have currently approved approximately 5,000 sites in England for no more than five caravans for use by their members. In addition they occupy about 145 sites in England on a permanent or seasonal basis for any number of touring caravans, for which they have obtained the informal approval of the local authority. Further sites are used on a temporary basis for holiday meetings and rallies for club members of up to five days, but no central records are kept of these temporary uses.
Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the total number of caravan sites licensed under the Caravan Sites (Control of Development) Act 1960 by local authorities in England.
§ Mr. TrippierThis information is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.