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Travellers: Caravan Parks

Asked by Claire CoutinhoConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 2 March 2026UIN 113923

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his department holds data on the number of incidences of traveller caravans on unauthorised developments on land owned by travellers being used to provide accommodation for undocumented migrants.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

My Department does not hold this data. The Traveller Caravan Count includes data on the number of caravans and traveller sites in England. It does not include the number of occupants residing in these caravans or caravan sites, nor their characteristics.

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