Professor Michelle Norris:

We also identified that, in some cases, there is a blockage at the final stage in respect of councillors agreeing to the disposal of land, as that is in their power and not that of the executive. There is also the matter of agreeing to initiate Part 8 and getting planning started for Traveller-specific accommodation. Looking at the figures for Traveller-specific accommodation, they are not great, as I keep mentioning. What seems to be happening is that there is a great deal of spending on the refurbishment of existing halting sites. That spending sometimes involves the demolition of a halting site and the building of a group housing scheme on the same site. Little additional Traveller-specific accommodation is being supplied and that is where Part 8 needs to come into play. Dr. Norton will answer in more depth on that aspect.