§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment which local authorities are designated under the Caravan Sites Act 1968.
§ Mr. TraceyThe following local authority areas have been designated:
London Boroughs
- Barking
- Bexley
- Camden
- Croydon
- Enfield
- Greenwich
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Havering
- Hillingdon
- Islington
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Kingston-upon-Thames
- Lambeth
- Lewisham
- Merton
- Newham
- Redbridge
- Richmond-upon-Thames
- Sutton
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- Wandsworth
- Westminster
Metropolitan Districts
- Oldham
- Trafford
- Rochdale
Areas of former County Boroughs
- Bolton
- Bury
- Leeds
- Lincoln
- Manchester
- Oxford
- Plymouth
- St. Helens
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Wolverhampton
Counties and Districts
- Bedfordshire—
- Luton
- South Bedfordshire
- Berkshire—
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Buckinghamshire
- Aylesbury Vale
- Chiltern
- Milton Keynes
- South Bucks
- Cambridgeshire—
- Huntingdonshire
- Peterborough
- Cheshire—
- Chester
- Cleveland—
- Hartlepool
- Middlesborough
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Derbyshire—
- Bolsover
- Chesterfield
- High Peak
- North East Derbyshire
- South Derbyshire
- Dorset—whole county
- East Sussex—
- Eastbourne
- Hastings
- Rother
- Wealden
- Hertfordshire—
- Broxbourne
- Kent—
- Ashford
- Dartford
- Gravesham
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Lancashire—
- Hyndburn
- Lincolnshire—
- Boston
- West Lindsey
- Northamptonshire—
- Northampton
- South Northamptonshire
- Wellingborough
- North Yorkshire—
- Selby
- Shropshire—
- Oswestry
- Suffolk—
- Babergh
- Ipswich
- Mid-Suffolk
- Suffolk Coastal
- Surrey—
- Epsom and Ewell
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- Warwickshire—
- Nuneaton and Bedworth
- West Sussex—whole county
- Wiltshire—whole county
§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will name those local authorities in respect of which his Department has had to use, or threatened the use of, his powers under section 9 of the Caravan Sites Act 1968; if he will give the relevant dates of such actions; and whether his directions were complied with.
§ Mr. TraceyDiscussions have taken place with a number of authorities about their gipsy site provision. All such discussions are with the knowledge that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has powers to direct. In no case has it yet been found necessary for the Secretary of State to issue directions.