Lord Stunell corrected the Commons record on Travellers
Lord Stunell made the correction and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 13 September 2011. The correction replaced 3 figures (695, 841, 896) with 3 figures (3,619, 3,628, 310). Altogether 13 words differ between the two versions.
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate his Department has made of the number of unauthorised Traveller sites in (a) each local authority area and (b) England (i) in each of the last five years and (ii) since May 2010. Letter of correction from Andrew Stunell: An error has been identified in the written answer given to the right hon. Member for Don Valley (Caroline Flint) on 8 September 2011. The error occurred in the figures given for January 2009, January 2010 and January 2011. The full answer given was as follows:
Original and corrected words
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| Original | Corrected |
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| The “Count of Gypsy and Traveller Caravans” undertaken bi-annually by local authorities in England and collated by my Department collects data on the number of caravans on unauthorised sites in England. It does not provide data on the number of unauthorised sites. Information on the number of caravans on unauthorised sites in England and by local authority area for 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 is available in the Library of the House. Figures from the “Count of Gypsy and Traveller Caravans” for the past five years indicate a downward trend on unauthorised caravans. Number January | 2007 | 3,797 2008 | 3,680 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | The correct answer should have been: | The “Count of Gypsy and Traveller Caravans” undertaken bi-annually by local authorities in England and collated by my Department collects data on the number of caravans on unauthorised sites in England. It does not provide data on the number of unauthorised sites. Information on the number of caravans on unauthorised sites in England and by local authority area for 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 is available in the Library of the House. Figures from the “Count of Gypsy and Traveller Caravans” for the past five years indicate a downward trend on unauthorised caravans. Number January | 2007 | 3,797 2008 | 3,680 2009 | 3,628 2010 | 3,619 2011 | 3,10 9 |
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| Read from | https://hansard-api.parliament.uk/debates/debate/11091393000003.json |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
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