Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps those responsible for Gypsy, Traveller or Roma children in care take to keep those children in touch with their culture and their community.

Local authorities must draw up a care plan for the children they look after.

The plan sets out how their needs will be met, including how they will maintain family and social relationships (where this is consistent with their welfare) and develop their sense of racial and cultural identity. Further details are set out in the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010 and accompanying statutory guidance.[1]

[1] www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-act-1989-care-planning-placement-and-case-review