§ Mr. Stanbrookasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will seek powers to require the registration and annual licensing of all gipsy caravans by local authorities, thereby enabling the latter to know precisely how many permanent sites they are obliged to provide under the Caravan Sites Act 1968 and enabling the owners of the former to make a contribution towards the cost of providing sites.
§ Mr. Graham PageNo. I am not aware that the question of establishing the precise number of gipsies in an area is impeding local authorities at the present time in carrying out their duty to provide sites. Local authorities charge rents to gipsies on official sites.