Annual figures for the past three years regarding evictions of illegal travellers

Our Ref: NY9057

Date: 04 Jun 2024

Freedom of Information request reference Number: NY9057

I write in connection with your request for information that was received by the York and North Yorkshire Office for Policing, Fire, Crime and Commissioning (OPFCC) on 21 May 2024

Request:

Annual figures of the following over the past three years:

– No. of evictions of illegal traveler encampments on council land

– What the size of these evictions were – and what the spend on evictions was, with the split between legal fees versus physically evicting individuals.

– Could you also please advise as to whether the cases were common law, or high court evictions and who looked into the legalities of eviction; was the case prepared internally or did external parties look into cases?

Response:

I wish to advise you that there is no information held by the OPFCC in order to answer your request.

This information may be held by North Yorkshire Police and/or York and North Yorkshire combined authority.

To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within the OPFCC.

You can submit a freedom of information request to North Yorkshire Police using the below link:

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The information how to submit a request to York and North Yorkshire Combined authority is on the below link:

Information Requests: Guide to Accessing Public Records (yorknorthyorks-ca.gov.uk)

Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data.  It should be noted therefore that the OPFCC’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.