Written Question

Youth Justice: Travellers

Wednesday 9th November 2016

Asked by: Baroness Hodgson of Abinger (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

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.

Answered by Lord Keen of Elie - Shadow Minister (Justice)

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.

Secure Children’s Homes are monitored by Ofsted rather than HMIP and are therefore not included in this report.

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