Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the response from Marcus Bell, Director, Race Disparity Audit, on 7 February 2018 to Q143 from the Women and Equalities Committee Oral Evidence: Race Disparity Audit, HC 5462, that none of the reasons given means that going forward there is nothing that can be done, what steps his Department is taking to include Gypsy, Roma and Travellers in the Race Disparity Audit data.
Answered by David Lidington
The ethnicity data published on the Ethnicity Facts and Figures website includes data from the Census, published official statistics, numerous Government surveys and Departments’ own administrative records.
Currently, the website has 48 measures (web pages) that present data using the detailed classification of ethnicity developed for the 2011 Census, which includes Irish Traveller and Gypsy/Roma Travellers (GRT). However, figures for the GRT ethnic group in some of these measures were suppressed for reasons of confidentiality protection and/or because the numbers were too small to enable robust estimates to be produced.
We continue to work with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and Government Departments to identify methods to improve ethnicity data collection, consistency and how best to address data gaps for ethnic groups including GRT.
Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2018 to Question 134113, what progress (a) his Department and (b) the Race Disparity Inter-ministerial Group has made to ensure that government departments not currently collecting data based on the 2011 census classification for Gypsy Roma or Traveller start using those classifications.
Answered by David Lidington
The ethnicity data published on the Ethnicity Facts and Figures website includes data from the Census, published official statistics, numerous Government surveys and Departments’ own administrative records.
Currently, the website has 48 measures (web pages) that present data using the detailed classification of ethnicity developed for the 2011 Census, which includes Irish Traveller and Gypsy/Roma Travellers (GRT). However, figures for the GRT ethnic group in some of these measures were suppressed for reasons of confidentiality protection and/or because the numbers were too small to enable robust estimates to be produced.
We continue to work with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and Government Departments to identify methods to improve ethnicity data collection, consistency and how best to address data gaps for ethnic groups including GRT.
Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General of 2 November 2016, Official Report, column 879, which Government Departments and agencies (a) do and (b) do not use the 2011 census classifications that differentiate Gypsies and Travellers.
Answered by David Lidington
The ethnicity data published on the Ethnicity Facts and Figures website includes data from the Census, published official statistics, numerous Government surveys and Departments’ own administrative records.
Currently, the website has 48 measures (web pages) that present data using the detailed classification of ethnicity developed for the 2011 Census, which includes Gypsy/Roma Travellers. These measures show data published by the following Government Departments and agencies: the Department for Education (DfE), Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), Home Office (HO), Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), and the Office for National Statistics (ONS). However, figures for the Gypsy/Roma Travellers (GRT) ethnic group in some of these measures were suppressed for reasons of confidentiality and/or because the numbers were too small to enable robust estimates to be produced.
DfE collects data using a variant on the 2011 Census ethnic classification but breaks it down further into Gypsy/Roma and Traveller of Irish Heritage children.
The table below details the 34 pages on the website that include data on Gypsy/Roma or Traveller of Irish Heritage or Gypsy, Traveller or Irish Traveller ethnic groups.
Department/Topic | Webpage |
DFE /Education, skills and training | Early years |
Attainment of development goals by children aged 4 to 5 years | |
5 to 7 year olds | |
Phonics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 (key stage 1) | |
Reading attainments for children aged 5 to 7 (key stage 1) | |
Writing attainments for children aged 5 to 7 (key stage 1) | |
Mathematics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 (key stage 1) | |
Science attainments for children aged 5 to 7 (key stage 1) | |
7 to 11 year olds | |
Reading attainments for children aged 7 to 11 (key stage 2) | |
Writing attainments for children aged 7 to 11 (key stage 2) | |
Maths attainments for children aged 7 to 11 (key stage 2) | |
Reading, writing and maths attainments for children aged 7 to 11 (key stage 2) | |
Grammar, punctuation and spelling attainment for children aged 7 to 11 (key stage 2) | |
11 to 16 year olds | |
A* to C in English and Maths GCSE attainment for children aged 14 to 16 (key stage 4) | |
GCSE results (Attainment 8) for children aged 14 to 16 (key stage 4) | |
English Baccalaureate (EBacc) entry for children aged 14 to 16 (key stage 4) | |
English Baccalaureate (EBacc) achievement for children aged 14 to 16 (key stage 4) | |
Pupil progress (‘Progress 8’) between ages 11 and 16 (key stage 2 to key stage 4) | |
A Levels | |
Students aged 16 to 18 achieving 3 A grades or better at A level | |
After Education | |
Destinations of school pupils after key stage 4 (usually aged 16 years) | |
Destinations of students after key stage 5 (usually aged 18 years) | |
Absence and exclusions | |
Pupil exclusions | |
Absence from school | |
DH/Health | Access to treatment |
Satisfaction with access to GP services | |
Access to NHS dental services | |
Patient experiences | |
Patient experience of primary care - GP services | |
Patient satisfaction with GP out-of-hours services | |
Patient satisfaction with NHS dental services | |
Inpatient satisfaction with hospital care | |
MHCLG/Housing | Social housing |
New social housing lettings | |
Routes into social housing | |
Vulnerable households living in social housing | |
Income spent on rent for new lettings of social housing | |
Length of tenancy in social housing | |
MHCLG/Culture and Community | People living in deprived neighbourhoods |
ONS/Culture and Community | English language proficiency |