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166211

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date	26/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Travellers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps those responsible for Gypsy, Traveller or Roma children in care take to keep those children in touch with their culture and their community.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL3195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Local authorities must draw up a care plan for the children they look after.</p><p>The plan sets out how their needs will be met, including how they will maintain family and social relationships (where this is consistent with their welfare) and develop their sense of racial and cultural identity. Further details are set out in the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010 and accompanying statutory guidance.[1]</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-act-1989-care-planning-placement-and-case-review" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-act-1989-care-planning-placement-and-case-review</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 02/12/2014 16:49:07 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

166212

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Travellers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what has been the outcome of the advice of the Traveller Movement representative on the Department for Work and Pensions Ethnic Minority Adviser Group on promoting access to vocational training and higher education.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL3196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The aim of the Department for Work and Pensions’ Ethnic Minority Employment Stakeholder Group (EMESG) is to offer Ministers and officials advice on the Department’s services and strategy for the employment/self-employment of ethnic minorities and minority groups.</p><p> </p><p>The EMSG does not provide advice on vocational training and higher education as these issues fall outside of DWP’s responsibilities.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 03/12/2014 14:48:55 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

166213

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health: Travellers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what National Health Service datasets are available to compare the mental and physical health of people from Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities with that of the rest of the population; and what those sources yield by way of trend information since 2011.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL3197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>National Health Service datasets do not enable comparisons to be made between the mental and physical health of the Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities with that of the rest of the population. These datasets – such as the Mental Health and Learning Disabilities dataset – use the nationally mandated ethnicity categories from the NHS data dictionary, based on the 2001 census groups. These groups did not include Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities. The 2011 census included a new ethnic category group for Gypsy or Irish Traveller.</p><p> </p><p>The National Inclusion Health Board’s report, <em>Hidden Needs: identifying vulnerable groups in data collections: vulnerable migrants, gypsies and travellers, homeless people and sex workers </em>published in March 2014 recommended the adoption of the 2011 census ethnic classification by the NHS data dictionary. The Department, the NHS, Public Health England, and the Health and Social Care Information Centre are considering how this recommendation could be implemented whilst ensuring data consistency.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 04/12/2014 15:51:00 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

156493

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Marriage: Humanism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will publish their legislative plans to allow humanist marriages now that the public consultation is closed.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL2935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Government is carefully considering the analysis of the responses we have received and the implications for marriage law and practice if a change were to be made to legislation. We plan to publish the Government’s response to the review by 1 January 2015.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 26/11/2014 13:17:08 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

79733

registered interest
date	29/07/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Youth Engagement Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the number of young people from the gypsy and traveller communities not in education, training or employment, what steps they are taking to ensure that the Youth Engagement Fund will benefit people from those communities.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL1625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The £16m cross-government Youth Engagement Fund aims to support up to 18,000 of the most disadvantaged young people in England to improve their educational achievement, increase their employability and reduce their risk of offending. This includes young people from the gypsy and traveller communities. The Fund does not prescribe which particular groups of young people bidders should work with.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 11/08/2014 11:31:45 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

79156

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how Road User Focus and the Strategic Road Network Monitor, as described in <i>Setting the Road Investment Strategy: Now and in the Future</i>, will have regard to design achievement and effectiveness.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL1317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2014 answer text <p>The Strategic Road Network Monitor will be responsible for assessing the strategic highways company’s performance. This includes how it meets any requirements directed by government in the Road Investment Strategy or conditions in the licence as part of the company’s appointment. The licence document includes the need to support sustainable development. The monitor will need to take account of quality of design in assessing costs against outputs.</p><p> </p><p>The purpose of Road User Focus is to act as a focal point for road users, gathering their views and surveying satisfaction and using this information to help shape evolving policy. Feedback gathered may include roads users’ views on aspects of design – particularly on elements that directly relate to the journey. We expect road user satisfaction will be influenced by scheme design and hence reflected in the findings of Road User Focus.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 28/07/2014 11:44:31 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker