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625845

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date	31/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they intend to take to encourage schools to promote Gypsy Roma Traveller History month in June 2017.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL2864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>Schools have a crucial role to play in celebrating the history and culture of all their pupils, fostering inclusion and reaching out to the communities they serve. The Government is keen to support and encourage all schools to fulfil this important role. The Department for Education is currently considering the drivers for raising the educational attainment of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) pupils, drawing on expertise from these communities, and will consider GRT History Month in that context.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 09/11/2016 15:19:59 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

625846

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date	31/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Travellers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to implement the recommendation made in the Inclusion Health Board report <i>Hidden Needs: Identifying Key Vulnerable Groups in Data Collection</i>s that Gypsies and Travellers should be designated as particularly vulnerable.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL2865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>We recognise the importance of addressing the needs of vulnerable groups such as Gypsies and Travellers as part of our wider work on tackling health inequalities. We share the concerns of the <em>Hidden Needs: Identifying Key Vulnerable Groups in Data Collection</em> (2014) report, which identified the poor health experiences of some Gypsy and Traveller groups making them particularly vulnerable in terms of much higher rates of mortality and morbidity than the general population.</p><p> </p><p>The National Inclusion Health Board championed more effective local action to address these concerns. This included encouraging better local planning and commissioning of services, and improving access to them.</p><p> </p><p>Earlier this year, we published the board’s report <em>Impact of insecure accommodation and the living environment on Gypsies’ and Travellers’ health</em> (2016).This report built on concerns in earlier reports about the vulnerability of this group and sets out suggested actions to improve the living conditions and health outcomes of Gypsies and Travellers. It calls for more joined up working by local authorities, the National Health Service and responsible health agencies, and local public health services, and emphasises the importance of building greater community cohesion to address some of the key obstacles to the development of a healthy and sustainable environment for Gypsy and Traveller families. A copy of the report is attached.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 08/11/2016 16:23:07 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Impact of insecure accommodation Gypsies and Traveller health.pdf title Impact of insecure accommodation report
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

625847

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date	31/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Justice: Travellers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to enable the identification of Gypsies and Travellers in the youth justice system so that data can be gathered.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL2866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>The Youth Justice Board and HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) publish an annual report on ‘Children in Custody’ that monitors the number of gypsy, traveller and Romany (GRT) children in youth offenders’ institutions and secure training centres. The reports are available on the HMIP website.</p><p> </p><p>Secure Children’s Homes are monitored by Ofsted rather than HMIP and are therefore not included in this report.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 09/11/2016 15:27:51 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

625848

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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 how many Gypsy and Traveller children were taken into care in 2015 and how this compares with the general population.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL2867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>In the year ending 31 March 2016, 32,050 children started to be looked after, of which 210 had an ethnic origin of Gypsy/Roma or Traveller of Irish heritage.</p><p> </p><p>The comparable figures for the year ending 31 March 2015, were 31,340 children starting to be looked after, of which 240 were of Gypsy/Roma or Traveller of Irish Heritage ethnic origin.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 09/11/2016 15:20:26 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger