Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance she has given to local authorities in making planning provision for English Travelling Showmen.

I refer the hon. Member to policies HO1(1-2), HO2(1-4), HO3(1)(b-c) and HO5(1)(c) of the new National Planning Policy Framework published on 17 August.