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445758

registered interest
date	19/01/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Travellers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the number of Gypsies and Travellers in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL5168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>In the 2011 census, 63,500 people in the United Kingdom identified their ethnic group as Gypsy or Traveller.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 28/01/2016 16:59:17 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

445759

registered interest
date	19/01/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Travellers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they last undertook an assessment of the long-term educational and welfare needs of Travellers and Gypsies in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL5169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>Both the Department for Education and Ofsted have commissioned and published a number of studies over the past six years that focus on how to improve the education of Gypsy and Traveller children. These include:<br><em><br>Improving the outcomes for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils: final report and literature re</em>view (Department for Education, October 2010, attached).<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-the-outcomes-for-gypsy-roma-and-traveller-pupils-final-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-the-outcomes-for-gypsy-roma-and-traveller-pupils-final-report</a>; as well as case studies of schools showing successful practice in improving the attendance and attainment of Gypsy, Traveller and Roma pupils. These are available (attached) at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/case-studies/gypsy-roma-and-traveller-pupils-supporting-access-to-education" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/case-studies/gypsy-roma-and-traveller-pupils-supporting-access-to-education</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ofsted-examples-of-good-practice-in-schools#gypsy-traveller-and-roma-children" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ofsted-examples-of-good-practice-in-schools#gypsy-traveller-and-roma-children</a>.</p><p>The Department for Education regularly publishes and monitors data on the educational progress and achievement of pupils from Gypsy and Irish Traveller backgrounds attending schools in England. This data includes annual statistics on the attainment of pupils from these groups in the year 1 phonics screening check; teacher assessments at the end of key stage 1 and national assessments at the end of key stages 2 and 4; and on levels of pupil attendance at, and exclusion from, school. Inspection reports published by Ofsted include commentary where appropriate on the quality of school provision for Gypsy and Traveller pupils and their progress and attainment.</p><p>The previous Government’s Ministerial Working Group on Gypsy and Traveller inequalities published a report in April 2012, which included 28 commitments from across Government to help reduce the inequalities experienced by Gypsies and Travellers. The document can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reducing-inequalities-for-gypsies-and-travellers-progress-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reducing-inequalities-for-gypsies-and-travellers-progress-report</a></p><p>The 28 commitments have since been taken forward by the relevant Government departments and a table setting out progress against those commitments as at October 2014 was deposited in the House of Lords library. This is available at: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Lords/2014-10-29/HL2504/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Lords/2014-10-29/HL2504/</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name 160125 Good_practice_example_-_Kingsmead_Primary_School - HL5169.doc title Good Practice 2 file name 160125 Gypsy roma - traveller - pupils final report - HL5169.pdf title Travellers Pupils final report 3 file name 160125 Gypsy Roma and Travellers pupils supporting access to education - HL5169.pdf title Access to education question first answered 02/02/2016 12:31:39 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

445369

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Travellers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they consider the work undertaken by Thames Valley Police in their newly published review of good practice in policing local Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities to be innovative; and what plans they have to encourage other police forces to undertake a similar approach to policy and practice in their areas.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL5133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>Equality and diversity are important – people across all communities want the police to fight crime while having confidence that their needs will be understood and respected.</p><p>The Government are pleased that Thames Valley Police have undertaken this piece of work which was co-authored by one of the Executive Directors of the national Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Police Association.</p><p>The Government established the College of Police as the professional body for policing to set standards, establish an evidence base for policing and disseminate what works.</p><p>It remains a matter for forces how they deal with issues to do with Gypsy Roma and Traveller communities. However, we would expect the College of Policing to make an assessment of effective policing practice and share effective and innovative practice where they find it.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 26/01/2016 16:51:43 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

443307

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Travellers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance has been issued to police forces on monitoring and recording Gypsy and Traveller status as separate ethnic categories.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	21518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The use of Census categories for ethnicity is assessed each year as part of the Home Office’s process of agreeing each year’s Annual Data Requirement (ADR) of mandatory collections of statistical data from the police. This process includes consideration of the need, use, burden and data quality issues for each data collection. The National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) have previously advised against the transition to the new Census categories due to the significant burden that this would place on forces to change IT systems and processes.</p><p>The ADR collections currently use the Census 2001 ethnicity framework, and there are no plans at present to move to the Census 2011 framework, which would add a separate category of ‘Gypsy or Irish Traveller’.</p><p>The guidance given to police forces on providing data to the Home Office is based on the Census 2001 ethnicity framework. It is, however, a decision for individual forces as to how they monitor and record ethnicity data for their own purposes.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 14/01/2016 17:56:08 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

172808

registered interest
date	08/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Travellers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2015 to Question 219411, what policy considerations led to the decision to retain the Census 2001 framework.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Mr David Blunkett
uin	220227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office, taking advice from senior officers, has decided against the transition to the Census 2011 classification for the forces of England and Wales at this time on the grounds that the costs involved in changing the current classifications would be considerable and disproportionate. However, the Home Office and policing partners will continue to keep the situation under careful review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 14/01/2015 16:07:06 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 38156 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

171642

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Travellers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential benefits of the adoption by the police of ethnic category codes currently defined in the 2011 census in respect of the Roma, Gypsy and Traveller population as part of their collection of data in accordance with Section 95 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Mr David Blunkett
uin	219411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Census categories for ethnicity are assessed each year as part of the Home Office’s process of agreeing each year’s Annual Data Requirement (ADR) of mandatory collections of statistical data from the police. This process <br>includes consultation with stakeholders of the Ministry of Justice biennial release Race and the Criminal Justice System, produced in accordance with section 95 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991. <br><br>The ADR collections currently use the Census 2001 ethnicity framework, and there are no plans at present to move to the Census 2011 framework, which would add a separate category of ‘Gypsy or Irish Traveller’</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 05/01/2015 16:44:31 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

169754

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Travellers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which ministers are responsible for the implementation of the commitments arising from the work of the Ministerial Working Group on Gypsies and Travellers; and when he expects his Department to fully deliver each of those commitments.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Andrew George
uin	218264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer of 11 November 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, House of Lords, Column WA36.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 218265 question first answered 05/01/2015 14:43:34 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	227 label Biography information for Andrew George

169766

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Travellers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions in each year since it was set up the Ministerial Working Group on Gypsies and Travellers has met; which ministers attended each such meeting; and what steps have been taken by ministers in pursuance of the recommendations and commitments arising from the work of that group.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Andrew George
uin	218265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer of 11 November 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, House of Lords, Column WA36.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 218264 question first answered 05/01/2015 14:43:34 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	227 label Biography information for Andrew George

169409

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Travellers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the UK Civil Society Monitoring Report on implementation of the National Roma Integration Strategy in the UK in 2012 and 2013; what the (a) activities and (b) outputs have been of the ministerial working group on tackling inequalities experienced by Gypsies and Travellers since 2012; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	218133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>We have noted the Monitoring Report and the views expressed within it, and we are advancing such integration through our broader social inclusion and integration policies.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to the Working Group, I refer the hon. Member to the answer of 11 November 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, House of Lords, Column WA36.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/01/2015 14:21:44 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

168178

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Travellers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to develop inclusive practices and community cohesion guidance with respect to Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	217298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government's approach to integration is set out in &quot;Creating the conditions for integration&quot;, published in February 2012. Instead of large scale, centrally led and funded programmes our approach is to enable civil society and local areas to take action on integration issues that are important to them. We have moved away from a focus on single issues and specific groups, but we nonethless recognise that Gypsies and Travellers experience inequalites in a number of important areas. The Ministerial Working Group on Reducing Inequalities Experienced by Gypsies and Travellers published a progress report in April 2012, which made 28 commitments from across Government on reducing inequalities in these communities. We are currently reviewing progress on those commitments and will publish a further report in due course.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 15/12/2014 15:46:52 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson