§ Mr. David NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will list in theOfficial Report, and according to the latest information available, the number of authorised permanent gipsy sites within each district of the counties of Somerset, Wiltshire, Dorset and Devon.
§ Mr. Chope[holding answer 31 January 1989]: Authorised permanent gipsy sites can be either private or local authority operated. The Department does not hold information on the numbers of authorised private sites. Information on the location of private sites is held by local authorities. Information provided by the district councils for the Department's biannual count exercise reveals that at July 1988 there were 49 caravans on private sites in Somerset; 52 in Wiltshire; three in Dorset and 17 in Devon.
Information on authorised local authority sites is held by the Department and updated each January. In respect of the counties requested the latest information is as follows:
Somerset
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- Mendip (Berkeley)
- Sedgemoor (Westonzoyland)
- South Somerset (Chubbards Cross, Ilton) (Marsh Lane, Tintinhull)
- Taunton Deane (Otterford)
- West Somerset (Farringdon Hill Lane, Stogursey)
Wiltshire
- North Wiltshire (Thingley Junction, Chippenham)
- Salisbury (Dairyhouse Bridge, Salisbury) (Oak Tree Field, Odstock, Salisbury) (Lode Hill, Downton)
- Thamesdown (Chiseldon Camp, Swindon) (Hay Lane, Wroughton)
- West Wiltshire (Fairwood, Dilton Marsh)
Dorset
- East Dorset (Mannington Park, Wimborne)
- North Dorset (Thornicombe, Blandford)
- Poole (Mannings Heath)
- Purbeck (Coldharbour, Wareham)
- West Dorset (Piddlehinton, Dorchester)
Devon
- East Devon (Broadclyst near Exeter) (Sowton near Exeter)