Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 14 August 2014 (HL1625), how many young people from the Gypsy and Traveller communities have benefited from the Youth Engagement Fund.

The Youth Engagement Fund aims to support the most disadvantaged young people in society who are at risk of becoming long term NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training). The Fund is being awarded through a competitive bidding process over two stages and we expect to announce the winning bidders in the coming weeks. Programmes will start delivering support to disadvantaged young people soon afterwards.