Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Women’s Budget Group and the Traveller Movement Uneven Paths: Socio-Economic and Structural Inequalities Facing Women from Romani (Gypsy), Roma and Irish Traveller Communities, published on 5 February; and what plans they have, if any, to implement the recommendations of that report.

The government thanks the Women’s Budget Group and the Traveller Movement for their work on this report which highlights the intersecting socio-economic and structural inequalities faced by women and girls from Romani (Gypsy), Roma and Irish Traveller communities.

The government acknowledges the multiple challenges these communities are facing and is committed to tackling inequality and discrimination in education, employment, health and the criminal justice system, and reducing violence against women and girls (VAWG).

The VAWG Strategy lays out the government’s ambition and action to halve these abhorrent crimes in a decade. All victims, including the Romani (Gypsy), Roma and Irish Traveller community are considered and integrated into our response, and every commitment set out in the Strategy will consider the Romani (Gypsy), Roma and Irish Traveller community.