how many new traveller pitches both private and public authority authorised as of mar 2009

Dear Mr Wiltshire

Thank you for your request of 26 March 2009 seeking information about the
number of new traveller pitches in the south west. Your request was
received by Communities and Local Government on 26 March.

I am considering your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
and you may expect to receive a reply by 28 April.

In some circumstances a fee may be chargeable and if that is the case, I
will let you know the likely charges before proceeding.

If you have any queries regarding this letter, please contact me. Remember
to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

I am enclosing with this letter a copy of our Access to Information
leaflet which explains how the Department handles formal requests for
information. I hope you will find it useful.

<<access-to-information.pdf>>
Regards

Peter

Peter Bates
Gypsy And Traveller Unit
Communities and Local Government
020 7944 3245
[email address]

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Dear Toad

Further to your email of 26 March, please find attached the Department's
reply to your request, together with a copy of the document referred to
therein.

<<20090420 Reply S J Wiltshire.doc>> <<090326 - Internal Review leaflet -
final.pdf>>

Kind regards

Peter

Peter Bates
Gypsy And Traveller Unit
Communities and Local Government
020 7944 3245
[email address]

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Dear Mr Wiltshire

REF - E0003108

Thank you for your follow up email.

Unfortunately, the information you require is not held centrally. To break this down you would need to speak to individual local authorities.

What I can say is that CLG provides homelessness grant to all local authorities to support their homelessness strategies to tackle and prevent homelessness effectively. It is for local authorities to determine how they use their grant allocation to ensure that the needs of their community are met.

Yours, Gary

Gary Messenger
Head of Homelessness Programme
Preventing Repossessions and Homelessness
CLG
020 7944 5905

Dear Peter Bates,

Further to my previous requests regarding access to information
about the progress of the govt in providing authorised pitches on
private and public land for those 4200 odd travellers unable to
find a legitimate place to reside in the UK,could you provide
information on how many of these legitimately homeless people are
being provided for by local govt homeless support services and how
many are even accounted for under the local govt count.I understand
that if a district has under 10 in its area it may count it as 0
for the homeless register.Therefore could you provide any reliable
data about this matter,say how many homeless people in the south
west in the years Jan 1997 to Dec 2008,starting with devon.

Yours sincerely,

S.J.Wiltshire

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I will be out of the office until Monday 11th January - If your query is
urgent please contact Clare Coughlan on general homelessness or John
Bentham on Youth Homelessness. Thanks, Gary

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