Question to the Department for Education:

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.

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.