Written questions

Travellers: Caravan Sites

Commons · Question 120665 · Tabled 13 Mar 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 23 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Sir Ashley Fox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require that, once an eviction notice has been served to a traveller encampment, the same group cann

Answer

Answered by Sarah Jones, 23 Mar 2026

Planning policy is clear that local authorities should assess the need for traveller sites in their area, and then plan to meet that need, in the same way they plan for all forms of housing.The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government recent...