asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what criteria were considered by his Department in making designation orders in accordance with the Caravan Sites Act and the Local Government, Planning and Land Act in respect of the London boroughs of Sutton, Wandsworth and Camden.
In the case of the London boroughs of Sutton and Wandsworth, that they had made adequate provision for gipsies in the borough; in the case of the
| £5 million urban programme allocation for low-cost home ownership schemes 1982–83 | ||||
| Name of authority | Type and location of scheme | Public expenditure allocation £000 | Estimated associated private sector finance £000 | Proposed sources of private finance |
| Greater London | ||||
| London Borough of Brent | Improvement for sale/equity sharing | 100 | 100 | Building societies |
| Improvement grants linked to schemes for purchase/improvement in HAAs | 200 | 1,200 | Building societies | |
| London Borough of Hackney | West bank study area: provision of improvement grants in proposed HAA | 65 | 80 | Building societies |
| Graham Road study area: provision of improvement grants in proposed HAA | 65 | 80 | Building societies | |
| London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham | Rolling programme of improvement for sale | 200 | 160 (initially) | Building societies and clearing banks |
| London Borough of Islington | Improvement for sale in Kings Cross area | 190 | 413 | Building societies |
London borough of Camden that it was not expedient to provide a site because of the scarcity of suitable land, the high cost of capital works and the small number of gipsies in or resorting to the borough.
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the names of the London local authorities which have received a designation order in accordance with the provisions of the Caravan Sites Act together with details of their quarterly returns for the past year of the number of gipsies residing in or resorting to those boroughs.
The following London boroughs have been designated.
- Barking and Dagenham
- Bexley
- Camden
- Croydon
- Enfield
- Greenwich
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Havering
- Islington
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Lambeth
- Lewisham
- Merton
- Newham
- Redbridge
- Richmond upon Thames
- Sutton
- Waltham Forest
- Wandsworth
- Westminster
The half-yearly returns of gipsy caravans cover both authorised and unauthorised sites in London boroughs, and these figures are available in the Library.