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Travellers: Caravan Sites

Question for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UIN 3965, tabled on 19 May 2021

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he (a) has had and (b) plans to have with stakeholders on the (i) adequacy and (ii) sufficiency of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller sites (A) nationally and (B) in York.

Answered on

24 May 2021

During the formal consultation period for the Government’s Planning for the Future White Paper, my department held a series of roundtable discussions with national stakeholders which included local authorities and Gypsy and Traveller support groups. We are progressing wide ranging reform of the planning system, which includes consideration of how to plan for the traveller communities.

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