Question follow-through · 71306

Travellers: Caravan Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support local authorities in tackling illegal encampments.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 29 Aug 2025
Target answer date: 2 Sept 2025
Answer: 8 Sept 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support local authorities in tackling illegal encampments.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2025
Answer published
The police and local authorities are equipped with a range of powers to respond to unauthorised encampments. These include long-standing provisions under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, as well as additional powers introduced through the P...

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