HC Deb 22 November 1972 vol 846 cc408-9W
67. Mr. Oakes

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if, under Section 12 of the Caravan Sites Act, 1968, he will designate the County of Lancashire as an area to which Section 10 of that Act applies.

Mr. Graham Page

A designation order under Section 12 of the Caravan Sites Act, 1968, cannot be made in respect of the area of Lancashire County Council before adequate provision has been made in the area for the accommodation of gipsies who reside in or resort to it.

68. Mr. Oakes

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many and which local authorities in England and Wales have been designated under Section 12 of the Caravan Sites Act, 1968.

Mr. Graham Page

Designation orders under Section 12 of the Caravan Sites Act, 1968, have been made in respect of the areas of three local authorities, namely, the Plymouth, St. Helens and Stoke-on-Trent county borough councils.

Mr. Oakes

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many sites are provided by Lancashire County Council under Section 6 of the Caravan Sites Act, 1968; where these sites are located; and how many caravans are provided for on each of these sites.

Mr. Graham Page

Lancashire County Council has not yet provided any gipsy caravan sites under Section 6 of the Caravan Sites Act, 1968. I understand that proposals for five sites with 15 pitches each are under consideration by the county council, as follows:

Planned to open in 1973

  • Bickershaw Lane, Abram.

Sites proposed to be acquired

  • Whinney Hill Road, Altham.
  • Dye House Lane, Wardle.

Sites to be chosen

  • Manchester periphery.
  • Widnes.

Provision is also proposed in the Lancaster area.

Mr. Oakes

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many caravan sites are provided in the North-West Region under the Caravan Sites Act, 1968, and where these sites are located.

Mr. Graham Page

Five gipsy caravan sites have been provided under the Caravan Sites Act, 1968, in the North-West Region. They are at Blackburn, Chester, Manchester, St. Helens and Stockport; those at Blackburn, Chester and Stockport are temporary.