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date	22/07/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Travellers: Caravan Sites
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on unauthorised encampments.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	78620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government is clear that unauthorised encampments cause harm to the local environment and that the rights of settled residents must be respected.</p><p>Local authorities are best-placed to determine when it is appropriate to use their powers to evict unauthorised encampments under Sections 77 and 78 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act (1994) during the Covid-19 pandemic, and should work with the police and magistrates’ courts in their local area.</p><p>On 5 November 2019, the Government launched a consultation seeking views on measures to strengthen police powers to tackle unauthorised encampments. The consultation closed on the 5 March. We will announce the outcome of this consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 01/09/2020 09:21:49 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1227324

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Travellers: Caravan Sites
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what powers are in place to prevent the development of unauthorised encampments.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	78621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government is clear that unauthorised encampments cause harm to the local environment and that the rights of settled residents must be respected. Local authorities have powers available to them to prevent the development of unauthorised encampments in their area.</p><p>Councils can apply to the Courts for pre-emptive injunctions which prevent unauthorised camping in a defined geographical area. Councils are also able to take early and decisive action by issuing Temporary Stop Notices against unauthorised development and encampments. Councils can issue such a notice on both private and public sector land.</p><p>On 5 November 2019, the Government launched a consultation seeking views on measures to strengthen police powers to tackle unauthorised encampments. The consultation closed on the 5 March. We will announce the outcome of this consultation in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 01/09/2020 12:48:03 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon