HC Deb 11 February 1987 vol 110 cc241-3W
Mr. Lawler

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what criteria he uses in deciding whether to grant an application from a local authority for designation under the Caravan Sites Act 1968; if he will now designate Bradford as an authority under that Act; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Tracey

My right hon. Friend normally requires to be satisfied that adequate accommodation exists for the needs of those gypsies who reside in or resort to the area to be designated. He has power to designate on the grounds that it is not necessary or expedient to make adequate provision but, as he stated in reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Sir H. Rossi) on 6 February, he would require convincing reasons for designation in those circumstances. My right hon. Friend has no powers to designate any area except on the application of the local authorities for the area concerned.

Mr. Lawler

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those local authorities that have been designated under the Caravans Act 1968 with the number of pitches they provide for gypsy encampments and the total population of those authorities.

Mr. Tracey

Following is the list of designated authorities. A list of the sites and number of pitches provided by local authorities is available in the House Library. Information on the populations of local authority areas is available in "Vital Statistics 1985" published by OPCS and also available in the Library.

London Boroughs

  1. Barking
  2. Bexley
  3. Camden
  4. Croydon
  5. Enfield
  6. Greenwich
  7. Hammersmith and Fulham
  8. Havering
  9. Hillingdon
  10. Islington
  11. Kensington and Chelsea
  12. Kingston-upon-Thames
  13. Lambeth
  14. Lewisham
  15. Merton
  16. Newham
  17. Redbridge
  18. Richmond-upon-Thames
  19. Sutton
  20. Waltham Forest
  21. Wandsworth
  22. Westminster

Metropolitan Districts

  1. Oldham
  2. Trafford
  3. Rochdale

Areas of fortner County Boroughs

  1. Bolton
  2. Bury
  3. Leeds
  4. Lincoln
  5. Manchester
    6. 242
  6. Oxford
  7. Plymouth
  8. St. Helens
  9. Stoke-on-Trent
  10. Wolverhampton

Counties and Districts

  1. Bedfordshire:
  2. Luton
  3. South Bedfordshire

Berkshire:

  1. Windsor and Maidenhead

  1. Buckinghamshire:
  2. Aylesbury Vale
  3. Chiltern
  4. Milton Keynes
  5. South Bucks

  1. Cambridgeshire:
  2. Huntingdonshire
  3. Peterborough

  1. Cheshire:
  2. Chester

  1. Cleveland:
  2. Hartlepool
  3. Middlesbrough
  4. Stockton-on-Tees

  1. Derbyshire:
  2. Bolsover
  3. Chesterfield
  4. High Peak
  5. North East Derbyshire
  6. South Derbyshire

  1. Dorset—whole county

  1. Durham:
  2. Chester-le-Street
  3. Darlington
  4. Derwentside
  5. Easington
  6. Sedgefleld
  7. Teesdale
  8. Wear Valley

  1. East Sussex:
  2. Eastbourne
  3. Hastings
  4. Rother
  5. Wealden

  1. Hertfordshire:
  2. Broxbourne
  3. Watford

  1. Kent:
  2. Ashford
  3. Canterbury
  4. Dartford
  5. Gravesham
  6. Maidstone1
  7. Tonbridge and Malling

  1. Lancashire:
  2. Hyndburn

  1. Lincolnshire:
  2. Boston
  3. West Lindsey

  1. Northamptonshire
  2. East Northamptonshire
  3. Northampton
  4. South Northamptonshire
  5. Wellingborough

  1. North Yorkshire:
  2. Ryedale
  3. Selby

  1. Shropshire:
  2. Oswestry

  1. Suffolk:
  2. Babergh
  3. Ipswich
  4. Mid-Suffolk
  5. Suffolk Coastal

  1. Surrey:
  2. Epsom & Ewell

  1. Warwickshire:
  2. Nuneaton & Bedworth

  1. West Sussex—whole county

  1. Wiltshire—whole county

1 Order due to come into force on 20 February 1987