HC Deb 20 July 1962 vol 663 cc98-100W
Mr. Dodds

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he will name those county councils who have replied to Circular No. 6/62 stating they have no gypsy or other traveller problem.

Mr. Corfield

The following county councils have stated that they have no such problem:

England
Bedfordshire. Sussex (East).
Holland, Lines. Warwickshire.
Huntingdonshire. Westmorland.
Leicestershire. Wiltshire.
Northamptonshire. Yorkshire (East Riding)
Northumberland.
Oxfordshire. Yorkshire (North Riding)
Suffolk (West).
Wales
Anglesey. Merioneth.
Breconshire. Montgomeryshire.
Caernarvonshire.

Mr. Dodds

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he will name those county councils who have not yet replied to his Circular No. 6/62 of 8th February, 1962.

Mr. Corfield

The following county councils have not yet replied to the circular:

England
Cambridgeshire. London.
Devon. Nottinghamshire.
Essex. Rutland.
Herefordshire. Somerset.
Isle of Ely. Suffolk (East).
Isle of Wight. Yorkshire (West Riding)
Lancashire.
Wales
Carmarthenshire. Radnorshire.

Mr. Dodds

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs, which county councils are considering the provision of special sites for gypsies and other travellers in accordance with proposals made in Circular No. 6/62.

Mr. Corfield

The following county councils have reported that they are considering this matter:

England
Berkshire. Lincolnshire (Lindsey).
Cornwall.
Cumberland. Lincolnshire (Kesteven.)
Dorset.
Durham. Surrey.
Gloucestershire. Sussex (West).
Hertfordshire. Worcestershire.
Kent.
Wales
Monmouthshire. Glamorganshire.

Mr. Dodds

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he will List the county councils which have made, or are making surveys of the number of gypsies and other travellers within their boundaries, as requested in Circular No. 6/62.

Mr. Corfield

The list is as follows:—

England
Bedfordshire. Middlesex.
Berkshire. Norfolk.
Buckinghamshire. Northamptonshire.
Cheshire. Northumberland.
Cornwall. Shropshire.
Cumberland. Soke of Peterborough.
Derbyshire. Staffordshire.
Durham. Suffolk (West).
Gloucestershire. Sussex (East).
Hampshire. Sussex (West).
Hertfordshire. Warwickshire.
Huntingdonshire. Wiltshire.
Kent. Worcestershire.
Lincolnshire (Holland). Yorkshire (East Riding).
Lincolnshire (Lindsey). Yorkshire (North Riding).
Lincolnshire (Kesteven).
Wales
Anglesey. Glamorganshire.
Cardiganshire. Monmouthshire.
Caernarvonshire. Montgomeryshire.
Denbighshire. Pembrokeshire.
Flintshire.

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