Roma Community: Levelling Up Debate
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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
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Roma Community: Levelling Up
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering Excerpts(2 years, 5 months ago)
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Lord Greenhalgh (Con)
My Lords, we have a lead Minister who is responsible for equalities matters and has taken on the brief as Communities Minister. My honourable friend Kemi Badenoch is charged with those duties and I am sure will bring forward plans in due course.
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con)
My Lords, will my noble friend explain what happens to the funding awarded to a Gypsy, Traveller or Roma child if that child fails to complete the academic year, which is disruptive not just for that child but for all the children in that class?
Lord Greenhalgh (Con)
I guess I will have to write to my noble friend on the specific point about what happens to funding, but the Government’s focus is on ensuring that we improve provision and keep more GRT children in mainstream schooling.