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993837

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Race and Ethnicity Board
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Keen of Elie on 1 February (HL4903), what conclusions the Race and Ethnicity Board has reached on how best to engage the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
	uin	HL10970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2018 answer text <p>Following the publication of the Lammy Review last year, we are making efforts to explore and address specific disparities among the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) communities in the justice system, overseen by the Race and Ethnicity Board. Our ability to design and assess effective policies will be strengthened by engagement with representatives of GRT communities with direct experience of the justice system. To this end, we are establishing a dedicated stakeholder forum to inform, review and partner with on emerging work.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 02/11/2018 12:08:57 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

993842

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Travellers: Hate Crime
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 18 July (HL9254), what steps they are taking with media agencies and the Ofcom to combat hate crime and discrimination against Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities; and what assessment they have made of the findings in the report by Goldsmiths, University of London, Recognise, Report, Resolve, published in June, of hate speech frequently being published on the comments sections of media outlets’ websites.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
	uin	HL10975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>We are clear that there is no place for hate speech anywhere in society. While freedom of speech is a vital cornerstone of our society, everybody must remember that they have responsibilities not to spread hatred or fear.</p><p>As part of the EU High Level Group on Combating Racism, Xenophobia and Other Forms of Intolerance, the UK has been a leading voice in the creation of a voluntary EU Code of Conduct which holds social media companies responsible for the removal of all illegal hate speech from their platforms within 24 hours. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Microsoft, Instagram and other internet companies have signed this Code and the third monitoring exercise in December 2017 showed that the companies removed on average 70 per cent of illegal hate speech notified to them.</p><p>As part of the Hate Crime Action Plan, the Government has supported the Society of Editors to produce a Moderation Guide for online comments, which will be revisited in our continuing work with the Society of Editors and Independent Press Standards Organisation to update the Reporting Diversity booklet. This will consider hatred against Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities alongside other racially and religiously motivated hatred.</p><p>Additionally, in line with the recommendations given in the report Recognise, Report, Resolve, we support efforts to improve awareness and reporting of hate crime, including through our £55,000 grant to HertsGATE (Gypsy and Traveller Empowerment), to work to encourage reporting of hate crime in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 05/11/2018 13:27:17 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

994369

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Travellers: Caravan Sites
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they plan to provide sufficient Gypsy and Traveller sites to meet the recommendations of (1) the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance, (2) the UN Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, (3) the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, (4) the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, and (5) the Council of Europe Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities; and whether the response to their consultation on powers for dealing with unauthorised development and encampments will address this issue.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
	uin	HL11013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Planning Policy for Travellers Sites asks local planning authorities to assess the need for traveller sites in their area, and to identify sites to meet that need. Local authorities are best placed to make decisions about the number and location of such sites locally, having had due regard to national policy and local circumstances. Our recent consultation on unauthorised encampments has sought views on whether there are barriers to the provision of sites, and whether there is anything Government can do to help overcome them. We are currently considering the responses to this consultation.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 05/11/2018 13:34:23 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

994372

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Gulalai Ismail
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make representations to the government of Pakistan to restore the right to travel of Gulalai Ismail who was arrested on her return to Pakistan.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
	uin	HL11016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>We are concerned by restrictions on freedom of expression, including the detention of human rights activists, in Pakistan. The freedom to hold and express views without censorship, intimidation or unnecessary restriction is a cornerstone of democracy. The arrest of Gulalai Ismail is a further worrying development against the backdrop of restrictions on fundamental rights in Pakistan.</p><p>We regularly raise at a senior level our concerns about the human rights situation with the Government of Pakistan, including on the freedom of expression. I discussed human rights in Pakistan with the Minister for Human Rights, Dr Shireen Mazari, in September 2018. The British Government continues to urge Pakistan to honour in full its human rights obligations.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/11/2018 16:20:20 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

993838

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Services: Travellers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what training is provided to Clinical Commissioning Groups about Gypsy, Roma and Traveller issues in general, and with regard to dementia in particular.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
	uin	HL10971
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>Information on training provided to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) is not held centrally, as it is for CCGs to determine their specific needs.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 05/11/2018 13:56:58 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

993841

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Travellers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what information about Gypsies, Travellers and Roma community is available from the NHS’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
	uin	HL10974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>This information is not available as Roma, Gypsies and Travellers are not separately identified in NHS Digital codes used when recording ethnicity of patients.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 05/11/2018 15:25:26 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

994370

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Services: Travellers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the NHS Data Model and Dictionary will include entries for (1) Gypsies, (2) Travellers, and (3) Roma; and if so, when.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
	uin	HL11014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department is in the process of reviewing the collection of data within the National Health Service and has commissioned NHS England to complete a scoping exercise to understand how information on protected characteristics is gathered in existing NHS datasets, including the NHS Data Model and Dictionary which currently use the 2001 census ethnicity categories. Subject to the publication of the 2021 Census White Paper, we plan to complete an initial assessment by the end of 2018, which will form the basis for future decision-making on NHS data collection.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL11015 question first answered 05/11/2018 15:33:57 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

994371

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Services: Travellers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord O'Shaughnessy on 9 April (HL6732), whether they are taking account of the finding in the report by the Social Exclusion Task Force and Department of Health, Inclusion Health, published in March 2010, that lack of ethnic monitoring in relation to Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities “makes it difficult to ascertain which services are making a difference, to whom, and by how much”; and what progress they have made with NHS England to investigate whether data collection in the NHS could include more of the protected characteristics listed under the Equality Act 2010 to provide better information about Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities’ access to healthcare.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
	uin	HL11015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department is in the process of reviewing the collection of data within the National Health Service and has commissioned NHS England to complete a scoping exercise to understand how information on protected characteristics is gathered in existing NHS datasets, including the NHS Data Model and Dictionary which currently use the 2001 census ethnicity categories. Subject to the publication of the 2021 Census White Paper, we plan to complete an initial assessment by the end of 2018, which will form the basis for future decision-making on NHS data collection.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL11014 question first answered 05/11/2018 15:33:57 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

993839

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Digital Technology: Travellers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to respond to the report by Friends, Family and Travellers, Digital Exclusion in Gypsy and Traveller communities in the United Kingdom, published in September.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
	uin	HL10972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to tackling digital exclusion and the UK Digital Strategy, published in March 2017, describes the steps we are taking across government, including establishing the Digital Skills Partnership, which brings together stakeholders from the private, public and charity sectors to join efforts to help people increase their digital skills at all levels; introducing fully-funded basic digital skills training for adults lacking these vital skills from 2020; and using the 3000 libraries across England to provide a trusted network of accessible locations with trained staff and volunteers, free Wi-Fi, computers, and other technology as well as Assisted Digital access to a wide range of digital public services where individuals are unable for whatever reason to access these services independently.</p><p> </p><p>The Race Disparity Audit showed us Roma, Gypsy and Traveller communities are amongst the most disadvantaged in British society and we agree that more needs to be done to make sure nobody is excluded or left behind.</p><p> </p><p>The Government funds the Future Digital Inclusion programme managed by the Good Things Foundation and delivered through the 3,000 strong Online Centres network. To date this programme has supported over 800,000 adult learners to develop their basic digital skills, many of whom are socially excluded.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Digital Widening Digital Participation programme, delivered in partnership with Good Things Foundation, develops projects that enable people in England to improve their digital health skills and to increase their access to digital services and tools that support their health and care. Partnership working is at the heart of this programme. In order to better understand the needs of those with low literacy (including low health &amp; digital literacy), NHS Digital regularly works with national and local organisations who know them best and really understand the barriers and challenges for them with getting online.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Digital Strategy, published in 2017, states that one of the Government's objectives is to 'enable people in every part of society - irrespective of age, gender, physical ability, ethnicity, health conditions, or socio-economic status - to access the opportunities of the internet', and to deliver this, the Government will focus on 'ensuring that we continue to tackle the root causes of digital exclusion and that everyone can increase their digital capability to make the most of the digital world.'</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 06/11/2018 17:17:49 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

993840

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Census: Travellers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the next census in England and Wales will separate Gypsies and Travellers into two categories.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
	uin	HL10973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 06/11/2018 17:04:29 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name PQ HL10973 Baroness (Janet) Whitaker .pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker