§ Lord Aveburyasked Her Majesty's Government:
What was the expenditure on the grant aid to local authorities for gypsy caravan sites in each of the years 1992–93 to 1995–96, and how this compared with the forecast in the public expenditure review for each of those years.
Earl FerrersThe grant aid paid to local authorities in the United Kingdom for gypsy caravan sites, compared with original and final provision for each of the years 1992–93 to 1995–96, was:
£ million Original provision Final provision Expenditure 1992–93 15.6 16.0 17.1 1993–94 15.9 15.9 15.0 1994–95 16.2 21.4 19.5 1995–96 16.1 16.3 16.9
§ Lord Aveburyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will publish a list of the gypsy caravan sites for which Stage II approval has been given but which were not yet built, given for each site the number of pitches, at the time of the January count in each of the years 1992 to 1996 inclusive.
Earl FerrersAt January 1996, there were 110 uncompleted schemes in the United Kingdom with Stage II approval (or equivalent), which would provide 1,907 pitches. Of these schemes, 51 (813 pitches) were new sites. The remaining 59 (1,094 pitches) represent refurbishment of existing sites. A list of these sites is attached.
I regret that to provide this information for preceding years would entail disproportionate cost.
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Site (N)ew/(R)efurb Number of pitches Corbriggs, Chesterfield R 16 Daneshill, Nottinghamshire N 16 Meynells Gorse, Leicester R 20 Roundlands, Boston, Lincolnshire N 4 Bignalls Corner, Hertsmere N 15 Blackwell, Mereway R 10 Chiltern View, Easton Bray R 25 Dyes Lane, Stevenage N 14 Earith Bridge, Cambridgeshire R 40 Elizabeth Way, Essex R 21 Felsted Ph2, Uttlesford, Essex R 10 Fenland Way Chatteris R 12 Fernhill Lane, Harlow N 23 First Drove, Burwell R 8 Gammon Field, Grays, Essex N 21 Hovefields, Courtauld Road R 25 Kessingland, Waveney, Suffolk N 20 Long Marston, Tring, Hertfordshire R 6 Mansion Lane, Iver, Buckinghamshire N 12 Mile Cross Site 1, Norwich R 19 Newbridge Lane, Wisbech R 24 Oxney Road, Peterborough R 24 Paston Ridings, Peterborough R 40 Pepperstock, Luton R 10 Ridgwell, Essex N 12 Romany Way, Bury St. Edmunds R 26 Seadyke Bank, Cambridgeshire N 12 Ship Lane, Thurrock, Essex R 21 Swaffham, Castle Acre Road, Norfolk N 23 Wapsey's Wood, Bucks R 17 Copperkins Lane, Amersham, Buckinghamshire R 6 Bottoms Walton, South Buckinghamshire R 10 Stopsley, Luton R 20 Gapton Hall, Great Yarmouth R 19 Saddlebow, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk R 8 Costessy, Norwich R 18 Mile Cross 2, Norwich N 20 Woodham Walter, Essex N 20 Civic Centre, Wood Green, London N 6 Durnsford Road, London SW R 15 Lonesome Depot, Leonard Way London SW16 N 15 Castlehaven Road, Camden R 1 Dalby Street, Camden R 3 Clyde Road, Haringey N 4 128WA
Site (N)ew/(R)efurb Number of pitches Folly Lane, Waltham Forest N 17 Thistlebrook, Abbey Wood, London SE2 R 40 Ash Bridge, Guildford N 13 Green Lane, Outwood, Tandridge R 14 Hever Road, Edenbridge, Kent R 12 Polhill, Sevenoaks, Kent N 7 Sandford, South Oxfordshire R 16 Standlake, West Oxfordshire N 16 Sundridge Hill, Cuxton, Kent R 15 Swan Farm, Sevenoaks, Kent N 35 Vauxhall Road, Canterbury R 18 Wheatley, South Oxfordshire N 16 Withy Patch, Lancing, West Sussex R 12 Swan Bam, East Sussex R 5 Polly Arch, East Sussex R 6 Windmill Lane, Tonbridge and Mailing, Kent R 14 Durrants Farm, Tunbridge Wells, Kent N 4 Ashfield Farm, Rudgeway, Northavon Bristol N 20 Berkley, Berkley Lane, Somerset R 15 Bonnie Park, Trowbridge Road, Bratton Wiltshire R 6 Boscam Pare, Camborne, Cornwall N 31 Chiseldon, Near Swindon, Wiltshire R 30 Culkerton, New Barn Farm, Gloucestershire N 4 Haylane, Wroughton, Swindon R 37 Middlezoy, Bridgewater, Somerset N 20 Otterford, Culmhead, Near Taunton R 18 Patchway, Highwood Lane, Bristol R 17 Piddlehinton Camp, Near Dorchester R 16 Showborough Common, Tewkesbury N 10
Site (N)ew/(R)efurb Number of pitches Thornicombe, Near Blandford, Dorset R 12 Wheal Jewel, The Pound, St. Day, Redruth N 24 Winterbourne, Avon N 17 Failand, Avon N 1 Dairyhouse Bridge, Salisbury, Wiltshire R 18 Odstock, Salisbury, Wiltshire R 50 Watery Lane, Hereford N 11 Evesham Road, Wychavon N 8 Offerton Lane, Worcester R 21 Blackmore Park, Malvern Hills N 5 Cemetary Road, Newcastle, Staffordshire N 17 Houndsfield Lane, Bromsgrove R 26 Linehouses, Stoke-on-Trent R 24 Linton Tileworks, Malvern Hills N 14 Lower Heath, Stourport-on-Severn, Wyre Forest R 39 Madley, Hereford N 17 Tinkers Corner, Bosbury, Malvern Hills N 7 Showell Road, Wolverhampton R 16 Hipton Hill, Wychavon R 22 Pinvin, Wychavon R 15 Bedford Street, Hull N 10 Conesby Quarry, Scunthorpe N 20 Hallfield Road, Foss Islands, York N 20 Harland Way, Cottingham, Beverley R 27 Harrogate GS, Harrogate Southern Bypass N 20 Newington Street, Hull N 10 Smithies Lane, Barnsley R 29 Springs Lane, Bickerton, North Yorkshire N 21 Thirsk, Thirsk Bypass N 16 Tinsley Park, Sheffield N 14 Wincolmlee, Hull N 27 Woldgate, Bridlington N 27 Craigforth, Stirling N 20 Forrest Street, Airdriee N 16 Mossend, Motherwell R 20 Torlochan, Argyll and Bute R 10 Monagh Wood, West Belfast N 21 1,907