§ 83. Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many caravan sites for gipsies have now been provided by each local authority in
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The 42 existing Local Authority Caravan Sites for Gipsies(England)are as shown below:- Number of Pitches Berkshire … Bradfield Rural District … … … 18 Wantage Rural District … … … 3 Buckinghamshire … Eton Rural District … … … 25 Devonshire Plymouth County Borough … … … 15 St. Thomas Rural District … … … 8 Essex … Epping and Ongar Rural District … … … 12 Harlow Urban District … … … 16 Greater London … Bromley London Borough … … … 12 Havering London Borough … … … 16 Redbridge London Borough … … … 16 Hillingdon London Borough … … … 26 Sutton London Borough … … … 15 Gloucestershire … East Dean Rural District … … … 8 Cheltenham Rural District … … … 14 Gloucester Rural District … … … 6 Hertfordshire … Bushey Urban District … … … 27 Hatfield Rural District … … … 15 Hemel Hempstead Borough … … … 15 St. Albans Rural District … … … 15 Kent … Maidstone Rural District … … … 12 Mailing Rural District … … … 12 Hollingbourne Rural District … … … 12 Sevenoaks Rural District … … … 12 Strood Rural District … … … 12 Dartford Rural District … … … 12 West Ashford Rural District … … … 12 Lancashire … St. Helens County Borough … … … 12 Manchester County Borough … … … 16 Lincolnshire (Kesteven) … Grantham Borough … … … 16 Lincolnshire (Lindsey) … Spilsby Rural District … … … 15 Somerset … Bridgwater Rural District … … … 8 Surrey … Godstone Rural District … … … 51 Guildford Rural District … … … 10 Sussex (East) … Cuckfield Rural District … … … 7 Hailsham Rural District … … … 3 Hailsham Rural District … … … 3 Staffordshire … Wolverhampton County Borough … … … 15 West Bromwich County Borough … … … 15 Worcestershire … Bromsgrove Rural District … … … 12 Yorkshire … Leeds County Borough … … … 22 Sheffield County Borough … … … 15 York County Borough … … … 15 TOTAL … … … 601 on 42 sites England and Wales; how many pitches are included on these sites in each case; and how many further sites, and how many pitches included on them, are now proposed by each local authority to be made available within the next five years.
§ Mr. Graham PageI shall shortly be asking local authorities in England for an up-to-date statement of their proposals for further provision. The question of provision in Wales is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
Information about the present provision of sites and pitches in England is as follows: