Home Department written question – answered at on 9 July 2009.
David Tredinnick
Conservative, Bosworth
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what support is available to local residents from the police to prevent illegal Travellers sites being established at times when local authority offices are closed, with particular reference to cases where the land is owned by the Travellers concerned.
David Hanson
Minister of State (Home Office) (Crime and Policing)
Police have powers under the Criminal Justice and Public Act 1994 to deal with unauthorised encampments. These are discretionary powers and it would be a decision for the senior officer at the scene as to whether they were used.
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