§ Mr. Andrew Welshasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what advice his Department gives to local authorities regarding the siting of travelling people's facilities and their proximity to existing housing developments.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonIn circular 34/1984 of November 1984, the Scottish Development Department advised local authorities about arrangements for the grant scheme for sites for travelling people and said that, in choosing a location, authorities should take into account the advice in the third report of the Secretary of State's advisory committee on Scotland's travelling people (HMSO, June 1982). That report indicated that a site should be appropriately located in relation to a number of services and to the settled community, but it did not offer guidance on proximity to existing housing developments.