The count of Gypsy and Traveller caravans, carried out in January and July each year, and published on the website of Communities and Local Government, provides details of the number of authorised and unauthorised Gypsy and Traveller caravan sites. It provides the following breakdown for the period January 2000 to January 2009:
Count Period Number of caravans on sites on Gypsies’ own land Number of caravans on sites on land not owned by Gypsies Tolerated Not tolerated Tolerated Not tolerated January 2009 1,279 1,086 770 545 July 2008 1,224 1,016 725 971 January 2008 1,054 1,233 687 823 July 2007 992 1,112 572 1,316 January 2007 997 1,255 491 795 July 2006 964 1,258 589 1,183 January 2006 714 1,440 438 680 July 2005 630 1,342 673 1,422 January 2005 704 1,563 513 778 July 2004 530 1,325 593 1,816 January 2004 610 1,367 573 1,021 July 2003 451 1,213 652 1,663 January 2003 505 903 539 1,081 July 2002 439 799 458 1,803 January 2002 533 604 615 1,022 July 2001 417 547 487 1,895 January 2001 458 507 379 1,259 July 2000 364 439 486 2,027 January 2000 299 429 684 1,104