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<p>The government welcomes this report and we will continue to work with the Children’s
Rights Alliance for England through the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Action
Group to promote the importance of children’s rights across the government.</p><p>Through
the pupil premium, we are addressing low economic circumstances, which affects a high
proportion of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children. We have provided over £15 billion
in pupil premium funding from April 2011 to March 2019 to help schools improve the
progress and attainment of their disadvantaged pupils.</p><p>We are also focusing
specifically on Gypsy, Roma and Travellers through a number of initiatives, including
working with the communities in Opportunity Areas and prioritising Gypsy, Roma and
Traveller young people in our £1.7 million investment in careers provision for disadvantaged
young people. I am also very grateful to the noble Baroness Whitaker for chairing
a new stakeholder group for my department aimed at ensuring that improvements to the
whole school system take into account Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupil needs.</p>
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