asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department who bears the cost of the cleaning up which is necessary when gipsies move on; and whether he is satisfied that the police have sufficient powers to protect surrounding residents from areas that become an eyesore.

These are matters for the owners of the land on which the gipsies camp, and not for the police.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many gipsies have been prosecuted in the last year for parking caravans on playing fields.

I regret that the information is not readily available.