Mar. 14 2024
Source Page: Transport Scotland data for Corran Narrows ferry or fixed link options: FOI releaseFound: ) induced journeys (e.g. additional tourist visits); and (iii) substitution effects (e.g. on Skye, travellers
Asked by: Mary Kelly Foy (Labour - City of Durham)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will undertake a review of the effectiveness of the (a) Social Housing Act 2023 and (b) Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 in relation to (i) the protection of and (ii) the provision of opportunities for recourse to action for residents living on local authority-owned Gypsy and Traveller sites that are in need of repair.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
Responsibility for the provision, repairs and maintenance of traveller sites is with local authorities.
Mar. 11 2024
Source Page: DfT: Independent Complaints Assessor report for 2022 to 2023Found: our recommendations are therefore not reflected in these figures. 2 (https://www.ombudsman.org.uk/sites
Asked by: Preet Kaur Gill (Labour (Co-op) - Birmingham, Edgbaston)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure (a) Birmingham City Council and (b) other Local Authorities designate an adequate number of authorised Gypsy and Traveller Sites.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
Responsibility for the assessment of and provision for traveller sites is with local authorities.
Report Dec. 21 2023
Committee: Local Government, Housing and Planning CommitteeFound: This will be confusing for travellers and accommodation providers, hard to administer and dif ficult
Dec. 07 2023
Source Page: Housing and planning data collection timetable for data providersFound: Count: Winter/Jan 2024 TCC (or GTCC) Twice yearly count of the number of caravans lived in by Travellers
Asked by: Baroness Whitaker (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by Friends, Families and Travellers, Kicking the Can down the Road: the planning and provision of Gypsy and Traveller sites in England 1960–2023; and what steps, if any, they will take to implement its recommendations.
Answered by Baroness Penn - Minister on Leave (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State)
The Department has not made an assessment of the report by Friends, Families and Travellers on the planning and provision of traveller sites in England that was published in November 2023. It is the responsibility of local planning authorities to make their own assessment of the need for traveller sites and in producing their local plan to identify sites to meet that need.
Nov. 29 2023
Source Page: Draft biodiversity net gain planning practice guidanceFound: housing, families with children, older people, students, people with disabilities, service families, travellers
Nov. 28 2023
Source Page: Social housing net zero standard consultation: interim equality impact assessmentFound: Liddell & Morris, 2010; Marmot Review Team, 2011 17 Race This characteristic includes Gypsies/Travellers
Nov. 23 2023
Source Page: Traveller caravan count: July 2023Found: Traveller caravan count: July 2023