Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the impact of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 on Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people.

We have carefully considered the impact the new measures might have on people with protected characteristics, including race and ethnicity, in accordance with the Public Sector Equality Duty under the Equality Act 2010.

The overarching equality impact assessment was published in September and is publicly available. Home Office measures in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Equalities Impact Assessment - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)