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1087148

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Travellers: Caravan Sites
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2019 to Question 226712 on Travellers: Caravan Sites, what steps his Department is taking to gather evidence for its review into how to criminalise the act of trespassing when setting up an unauthorised encampment; and what engagement is taking place between officials of his Department and members of the Gypsy and Traveller communities.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	231459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>The review has sought evidence from a range of relevant stakeholders which includes Government departments, police forces, local authorities and representative groups of Gypsy and Traveller Communities.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 19/03/2019 15:07:10 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1082535

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Travellers: Caravan Sites
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his plans are for a review of whether it should be a criminal offence to trespass in the course of establishing an encampment; what the timetable is for such a review; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	229076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>I refer my Right Honourable Friend to the response that I gave to a question from the Honourable Member for North East Hampshire on 7th March (226712).</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 14/03/2019 16:52:03 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald

1082345

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
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 plans he has to issue good practice guidance to support local authorities’ use of powers to deal with unauthorised encampments; what his timetable is for issuing that guidance; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	228542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>Although the majority of the travelling community are law-abiding, it is clear that unauthorised encampments can pose serious difficulties for local residents.</p><p>The Government is determined to tackle this issue. This is why, in the Government response to the consultation on powers for dealing with unauthorised development and encampments published 9 February [<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/powers-for-dealing-with-unauthorised-development-and-encampments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/powers-for-dealing-with-unauthorised-development-and-encampments</a>], my Department and the Home Office set out a comprehensive range of measures including a commitment to produce good practice guidance to support local authorities’ use of existing powers to deal with unauthorised encampments. We have committed to initially publish non-statutory guidance, which we will develop in consultation with local authorities and the travelling community. We will, in due course, create a power to place this guidance on a statutory footing and confirm the timetable.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/03/2019 16:19:21 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald

1078609

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Travellers: Caravan Sites
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when will he bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a new offence of intentional trespass to tackle unlawful traveller encampments.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	226712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Secretary announced on 6 February that the Home Office will conduct a review into how to criminalise the act of trespassing when setting up an unauthorised encampment. This review is under way and evidence is being gathered, working closely with the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government, and the Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 07/03/2019 18:50:43 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1052481

registered interest
date	01/02/2019
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, when he plans to publish the findings of the consultation on the use of powers for dealing with unauthorised development and encampments, which closed on 15 June 2018; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	215554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>We have today published the Government’s response to the consultation on powers for dealing with unauthorised development and encampments. This can be found on the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/powers-for-dealing-with-unauthorised-development-and-encampments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/powers-for-dealing-with-unauthorised-development-and-encampments</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 06/02/2019 17:11:30 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

1041425

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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, whether his Department plans to publish updated guidance on Traveller accommodation needs assessments following the withdrawal of the 2007 guidance in 2016.
tabling member constituency	North East Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Lee Rowley
uin	208391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>In March 2016 the Government published draft guidance to local housing authorities on the periodical review of housing needs for people living in caravans and houseboats, in relation to the duty under section 8 of the Housing Act 1985. We are considering the future of this guidance in light of the responses to the consultation on unauthorised development and encampments.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 18/01/2019 13:09:47 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley

1038930

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they have taken to raise awareness among local authorities and housing associations that the Affordable Homes Programme covers funding for Traveller sites; how many applications proposing Traveller sites have been made; and how many of those have been approved since April 2016.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL12767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>On 14 June 2017, we published ‘Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme supplementary information – Continuous Market Engagement (CME),’ which includes details on funding for traveller pitches. This document is available (attached) here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/shared-ownership-and-affordable-homes-programme-supplementary-information-continuous-market-engagement-cme</p><p><br>We have not approved any new traveller pitches since April 2016 – our Live Tables on affordable housing delivery are available (attached) online: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</p><p><br>Government does not publish details of applications for funding from the Affordable Homes Programme.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth attachment 1 file name 190114 Shared Ownership and Affordable homes - HL12767.pdf title Shared Ownership and affordable homes 2 file name 190114 LiveTable Affordable Housing HL12767.xlsx title Affordable housing question first answered 23/01/2019 14:43:32 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

1027378

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Travellers: Caravan Sites
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to assess the (a) rights of children and (b) the effect on children of the eviction of Gypsy and Traveller communities in his consultation on powers for dealing with unauthorised development.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	202869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the Hon. Member for Stretford and Urmston on the 7 December 2018, UIN 197400.</p><p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, the Ministry of Justice, and the Home Office carried out a joint consultation on the effectiveness of powers for dealing with unauthorised development and encampments.</p><p>All government departments have an ongoing responsibility to meet the Public Sector Equalities Duty (PSED) under the Equality Act 2010. As such, when formulating any policy changes following the consultation, ministers must have due regard to the three limbs of the PSED: (1) eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation and any other conduct prohibited by the Act, (2) advance equality of opportunity between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and those who do not, and (3) foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 21/12/2018 16:05:21 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1017273

registered interest
date	07/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Travellers: Caravan Sites
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to give due consideration to the Public Sector Equality Duty in his response to the consultation on powers for dealing with unauthorised development and encampments, which closed on 15 June 2018.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	197400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, the Ministry of Justice, and the Home Office carried out a joint consultation on the effectiveness of powers for dealing with unauthorised development and encampments.</p><p>All government departments have an ongoing responsibility to meet the Public Sector Equalities Duty (PSED) under the Equality Act 2010. As such, when formulating any policy changes following the consultation, ministers must have due regard to the three limbs of the PSED: (1) eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation and any other conduct prohibited by the Act, (2) advance equality of opportunity between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and those who do not, and (3) foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 07/12/2018 15:10:55 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

999215

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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, with reference to his Department's consultation on powers for dealing with unauthorised development and encampments, which closed on 15 June 2018, when his Department plans to respond to that consultation.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	186273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>We are working closely with the Home Office and Ministry of Justice in considering the responses to the consultation, and we will announce a way forward in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/11/2018 15:48:48 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden