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<p>The Youth Justice Board (YJB) is undertaking joint work with its partner agencies
to ensure that there is a co-ordinated approach to address the issue of minority groups
in the youth justice system.</p><p>The YJB and HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) commissioned
and published the annual report 'Children in Custody 2013-14’ in December 2014. The
report includes the results of surveys undertaken in Secure Training Centres (STCs)
and Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) in 2013/14, which showed that:</p><ul><li>In
YOIs, of 729 young people surveyed, 6% of young people considered themselves to be
a Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT).</li></ul><ul><li>In STCs, of 231 young people surveyed,
11% considered themselves GRT.</li></ul><p>As not all young people returned a completed
survey, we are unable to determine the actual number of GRT young people held in those
establishments, or if this sample is representative.</p><p>Administrative data on
the number of young people who considered themselves to be GRT in STCs and Secure
Children’s Homes is not held centrally.</p><p>Data on ethnic background, including
GRT, is collected for young people in under-18 YOIs. However, due to recording issues,
figures for GRT are not considered to be of sufficient quality.</p>
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